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New  Verfion 


O  F     THE 


PSALMS 


O    F 


1 


DAVID, 

Fitted  to  the 
TUNES  ufed  in  CHURCHES. 


BY  8  AND 

1 
N.  BRADY,  D.D.-&-N.  TATE,  Esqj 

Chaplain  in  ordinary.       §  Peet=Laureat 

To    his    MAJESTY. 

BOSTON: 

Printed  for,  and  Sold   by  Andrew 
Barclay,    at  rhe   Gilt  Bible, 

M,DCC,LXXIH, 


A    New     Verfion    of     the 

P    S    A   L    M    S,    &c, 

P  S   A   L   M     I. 

i  TTOW  bleft  ishe,>who  ne'er  confents 

JL  X  by  ill  advice  to  walk  : 
Nor  itands  in  finners  ways,  nor  fits 

where  men  profanely  talk  ! 

2  But  makes  the  perfect  law  of  God 
h'u  bus'nefs  and  delight  ; 

Devoutly  reads  therein  by  day, 
and  meditates  by  night. 

3  Like  fome  fair  tree,  which  fe4  by  ftr^ams3% 
with  timely  fruit  does  bend, 

He  (till  fhall  flourifh,  and  fuccefs 
all  his  defigns  attend. 

4  Ungodly  men,  and  their  attempts^ 
no  lafting  root  fhall  find, 

Untimely  blaifted,  and  difpers'd, 
like  chaff  before  the  wind. 

5  Their  guilt  fhall  ftrike  the  wicked  dumb 
before  the  Judge's  face  : 

No  formal  hypocrite   fhall  then 
among  the  faints  have  place. 

6  For  God  approves  the  juft  man's  ways, 
to  happinefs  they  tend  : 

But  finners  and  the  paths  they  tread, 
fhall  both  in  ruin  end, 

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P     S       A.      L      M         II. 

1 1  T7ITH  refliefs  and  urigovcrn'd  rage, 
VV   .why  do  the  heathen  ftorm  ? 

Why  in  fuclvrafh. attempts  engage, 
as  they  can  ne'er  perform  r 

2    t-he  gieat  in  coun'iel  and  in  mighty 
'their  various  forces    bring  !. 

Againft   the  Lord  they  all  unite, 
and  his  anointed  king. 

3.  "  Muft  we  fubnvj  to  their  commands?" 

prefumptuoufly  they  lay  : 
"  No,  let  us  break  their  flavifh  bands, 

**  and  caft  their  chains  away." 

4  But  Goq,  who  fit*  enthron'd  on  high, 
and  fees  how  they  combine, 

Does  their  confpiring  hVength  de^y, 
and  mocks  their  vain  defisn. 

5  Thick  clouds  of  wrath  divine  fhall  break 
on  his  rebellious  foes  : 

And  thus  will  he  in  thunder  fpeak, 
to  all  that  dare  oppofe  : 

6  "  Though  madly  you  difpute  my  will,. 
"  the  King  that  I  ordain, 

"  Whofe  throne  is  fix'd  on  Sion's  hill, 
"  fhall  there   fecurely   reign." 

7  Attend,  O  earth,  whilft  I  declare 
God's  uncontrourd   decree  : 

*c  Thou  art  my  Son ;  this  day  my  heir, 
u  have  I  begotten  thee. 

8  t(  Afk,  and  receive  thy  full  demands  j 
*'  thine  mall  the  heathen  be  ; 

**  The  utmoft  limits  of  the  lands, 
"  ihall  be  poffefs'd  by  thee. 

9  «  Thy 


PSALM    ii,  Hi.  5 

9  "  Thy  threatening  fceptre  thou  (halt  {hake, 
«*  and  cruih  them  ev'fy  where  j 

u  As  maffy  bars  of  iron  break, 
"  the  potter's  brittle  ware." 

10  Learn,  then,  ye  princes,  and  give  ear*, 
ye  judges  of  the  earth; 

ri  .Werihip  the  Lord  with  holy  fear, 
rejoice  with  awful  .mirth. 

12  Appeafe  the  Son  with  due  refpe&gL 
your  timely  homage  pay  \ 

Left  he  revenge  the  bold  neglect, 
incensM  by   your  delay. 

13  If  but  in  part  his  anger  rife, 
who  can  endure  the  flame  ? 

Then  bleft  are  they  whofe  hope  relies 
on  his  moil  holy  name. 

PSALM     III. 

it  FOW  many,  Lord,  of  late  are  groTOQi? 

the  troublers-of  my  peace  ! 
And  as  their  numbers  hourly  rife, 
fo  does  their  rage  en  ere  afe. 

2  Infulting,  they  my  foul  upbraid, 
and  him  whom  I  adore  : 

The  God  in  whom  he  trufts,  fay  they;, 
ihall  refcue  him  no  more. 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  defence ) 
on  thee  my  hopes  rely  : 

Thou  art  my  glory  and  fhalt  yet, 
lift  up  my  head  on  high. 

4  Since  when  oe'er  in  like  diftrefs, 
to  God  I  made  my  pray'r,  . 

He  heard  me  from  his  holy  hill  ; 
why  ihouid  I  n^w  defpair  ? 

A3  ■    5  Guards* 


6  PSALM   iii,  i*. 

5  Guarded  by  him,  I  laid  me  down, 
my  fsvect  repofe  to  take  *, 

Fori  through  him  fecurely  fleep,. 
through  him  in  iafety  wake. 

6  No  force  nor  fury  or  my  foes, 
my  courage  fhall,  confound  ; 

Were  they  as  many  hofts  as  men,, 
that  have  befet  me  round. 

7  A  rife,  and  Pave  me,  O  my  God, 
who  oft  haft   own'd  my  caufe  ; 

And  fcartetfd  oftthefe  foes  to  me, 

and  to  thy  righteous  laws. 
3  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs  ? 

he  only  can  defend  ; 
His  bldllng  he  extends  to  all, 

that  on  his  povv'r,  depend. 

'    PSALM    IV. 

J  f~\  Lord,  that  art  my  righteous  judge.. 

\_J   ro  my  complaint  give  ear, 
Thou  (till  redeenvftme  from  diftrefs  : 
have  mercy,  Lord,  and  hear. 

2  How  long  will  ye,  O  Ions  of  men, 
to  biot  my.  fame  deviie  ? 

How  long  your  vain  defigns  purfae,, 
and  /pi  cad  malicious  lies  ?. 

3  Confider  that  the  righteous  man 
is  God's  peculiar  choice  : 

And  when  to  him  I  make   my  prayV, 
he  always  hears  my  voice. 

4  Then  ftand  in  awe  of  his  commands, 
flee  evVy  thing  that's    ill  ; 

Commune  in  private  with  your  hearts, 
aud  bend  them  to  his  will* 

5  The 


PSALM    ir,  t.  f' 

5  The  place  of  other  facrifice  ^ 
let  rightecufnefs  fupply  ; 

And  let  your  hope,  fecurely   ftx'd, 
on  God  alone   rely. 

6  While  worldly  minds  impatient  growy 
more  profp'rous  times  to  fee  ; 

Still  let  the  glories  of  thy  face 
fhine  brightly,  Lord,  on  me* 

7  So  mall  my  heart  o'er  flow  with  joy^ 
more  lafting  and  more  true, 

Than  theirs-,  who  ft  ores  of  corn  and  wine 
fuGceffively  renew. 

8  Then  down  in  peace  I'll  lay  my  head,, 
and  take  my  needful  reft  : 

No  other  guard,  O  Lord,  I  crave, 
of  thy  defence  pofTeft. 

PSALM     V. 
iT     ORD,hear  the  voice  of  my  complaint, 
JL*    accept  my    fecret  pray'r  ; 

2  i  o  thee  alone,  my  king,  my  God, 
will  I  for  help  repair. 

3  Thou  in  the  morn  my  voice  {halt  hear> 
and  with  the  dawning  day, 

To  thee  devoutly  I'll  look  up, 
to  thee  devoutly  pray. 

4  For  thou,  the  wrongs  that  I  fuftain,. 
can'ft  never,  Lord,   approve  y 

"Who  from  thy  (acred  dwelling  place 
all  evil  doft  remove. 

5  Not  long  mail  ftubhorn  fools  remain- 
I  unpuniih'd  in  thy  view  : 

All  fueh  as  aft  unrighteous  things, 
thy  vengeao.ee  fhall  purine* 

6  The 


$•  P  S  A.  L  M    v>    vi. 

6  The.  Handling  tongue,  O  God  of  truth*, 
by  thee  fifciH  be  deftroy'd  ; 

Who  hat'ft  alike  the  man  inbloo  J, 
and  in  deceit  employed. 

7  But  when  thy  boundleis  grace  fliallrae. 
to  thy  lov'd   courts    reftbre, 

On  thee,  I'll  fix.my  longing  eyes, 
and  humbly  there   adore. 

&  Conduct  me  by  thy  righteous  laws  5 

for  watchful  is   my  fee  : 
Therefore,  Q  Lord,  make  plain  the  way^. 

wherein  I  ought  to  gp. 

9  Their  mouti*  vents  nothing  but  deceit  y, 
their  heart  is  fet  on  wrong; 

Their  throat  is  a  devouring  grave  ; 
they  flatter  with  their  tongue. 

10  By  their  own  counfels  let  them_faH^ 
opprefs'd  with  loads  of  fin  : 

For  they  again  ft  thy  righteous  laws 
have  harden'd  rebels  been. 

1 1  But  let  all  thofe  who  ti m%  in  thee* 
vrith  {houts  their  joy  proclaim; 

Let  them  rejoiqe,  whom  thou  preferv'fr*, 
and  ali  that  love  thy  name. 

12  T0  righteous  men  the  righteous  LordC 
hic  blefiing  will  extend  ; 

And  with  his  favour  all  his  faintSj 
as  with  a  ihield,  defend. 

PS  A  L  M    VI. 

I  rT^HY  dreadful  anger,  Lord,  reftrain^ 

JL     and  fpare  a  wretch  forlorn  : 
GonecT:  me  not  in  thy  fierce  wrath, 
too  heavy  to  be  borne. 

2  Ha^&. 


PSALM     tl.  9 

2  Have  mercy,  Lord,  for  I  grow  faint, 
■  unable  to  endure 

The  anguifh  of  my  aching  bones* 
which  thou  alone  canft  cure. 

3  My  tortur'd  fkfh  diftracts  my  mind,- 
and-  §A\s  my  loul  w ith  grief : 

But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  delay 
to  grant  me  thy  relief  ? 

4  Thy  wonted  goodnefs,  Lord,  repeat 
and  eafe  my  troubled  foul: 

Lord,  for  thy  wond'rous  mercies  fake2 
vouchfafeto  make  me  whole. 

5  For  after  death  no  more  can  I 
thy  glorious  acts  proclaim  ; 

No  pris'ner  of  the  filent  grave 
caa magnify  thy  name..- 

6  Quite  tir'd  with  pain,  with  groaning  fain?^ 
no  hope  of  eafe  I  fee  ; 

The  night,  that  quiets  common  griefs, 

is  fpent  in  tears  by  me, 
j  My  beauty  fades,  my  fight  grows  dimr 

my  eyes  with  weaknefs  clofe  ; 
Old  age  o'ertakes  me,  whilft  I  think 

on  my  fnfulting  foes. 

S  Depart,  ye  wicked  ;  in  my  wrongs 

ye  (hall  no  more  rejoice  \ 
For  God,  I  find,  accepts  my  tears, 

andliftens  to  my  voice. 
9,  i  o  He  hears  and  grants  my  humble  pray  V 

and  they  that  wifh   my  fall, 
Shall  blufh  and  rage,  to  fee  that  God 

protects  me  from  them  all, 

FSAL  M 


;o  PSA    L    M    viu 

PSALM    VII. 

1  f\  Lord,  my  God,  fince  I  have  placed 
\J   my  truft  alone  In  thee, 

From  all  my  p'  rfecutors  rage, 
do  thou  deliver  me. 

2  To  fave  me  from  my  threat  uing  foe, 
Lord  interpofe  thy  powV  j 

Left,   like  a  favage  lion  he 
my  helplefs  foul  devour. 

3,  4  If  I  am  guilty,  or  did  e*er 

againft  his  peace  combine  ; 
Nay,  if  I  have  not  fpar'd  his  Life* 

who  fought  unjuftly  mine  ; 

5  Let  then  to  perfecuting  foes, 
my  foul  become  a  prey  ; 

"Let  them  to  earth  tread  down  my  li£e> , 
-  in  duft  my  honour  lay. 

6  A  rife,  and  let  thine  anger,  Lord? 
in  my  defence  engage  ; 

Exalt  thyfelf  above  my  foes, 

and  their  fnfulting  rage  : 
Awake,  awake  in  my  behalf 

the  judgment  to  difpenfe, 
Which  thou  haft  righteoufly  ordair/d 

for  injur'd  innocence, 

7  Soto  thy  throne  adoring  crouds 
fhall  ftill  for  juftice   fly  : 

Oh  !  therefore  for  their  fakes,  re  fume, 
thy  judgment  feat  on  high. 

3  Impartial  Judge  of  all  the  world, 
I  truft  my  caufe  to  thee  ; 

According  to  my  juft  deferts, 
So  let  my  fentence.be. 

9  Let 


P  S  A  L  M    vii,  viii.  ii 

9  Let  wicked  arts  and  wieked  men, 

together  be  o'ei  thrown  ; 
But  guard  the  juft,  thou  God  to  whom 

the  htarts  of  both  are  known. 
10,    ( i   Goo"  me  profe£ts  ;  not  only  me, 

but  all  of  upright  heart  j 
And  dahy  lays  up  wrath  for  thofe 

who  fiom  his  laws  depart. 

12  I"  they  perfift,  he  wliets  his  ftvord, 

his  bow  ftands  ready  bent  ; 
J 3  Ev'u -now  wirfi  fwift  deftru&ian  wingM 

his  pointed  -{hafts  are  fenr. 
•"14  The  plots  are  fruitlefs,  which  my  foe 

unjufl'y  did  conceive, 

15  The  pit  he  digg'd  for  me  has  prov'd 
his  own  untimely  grave. 

16  On  his  own  head  his  fpite returns, 
whilft  I  from  harm  am  free  : 

On  him  the  violence  is  fall'n,   . 
which  he  defign'd  for  me. 

17  Therefore  will  I  the  righteous  ways 
of  providence  proclaim  ; 

I'll  fing  the  praile  of  God  moft  high, 
and  celebrate  his  name. 

PS  ALM    VIII. 

l/^\  THOU,  to  whom  all   creatures  bcm 
\^J  within  this  earthiv  frame, 
.■Thro*  all  thewotld,  how  great  art  thou  J 

how  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 
In  heav  n  thy  wor  dVous  a&s  are  fung, 

nor  fully  reckon'd  there  j 
*S  And  yet  th  >u  mafc'ft  the  infant  tongue, 
%  boundkis  praiie  declare. 

Thro9 


32  P  S  ALM     viii,  lx. 

Thro' thee  the  weak  confound  the  ftrong 
and  ciufti  their  haughty  foes  ; 

And  {o  thou  queU'ft   the  wicked  throng 
that  thee  and  thine  oppofe. 

3  When  heav'n,  thy  beauteous  work  on  high 
employs  my  wot  d'ring  fight  ; 

The  men,  that  nightly  rules  the  iky, 
with  ftars  of  feebler  light. 

4  What's  man,  fay  I,  that,  Lord,  thou  lov'ft 
to  keep  him  in  thy  mind  ? 

Or  what  his  offspring,  that  thou  prov'it 

to  them  fo  wond'rous  kind  ? 
c,   Him  next  in  powY  thou  didfl  create 

to  thy  coe  eftial  train  ; 

6  Oi  dain'd  with  dignity  and  ftate 
o'er  all  thy  works  to  reign. 

7  They  jointly  own  his  pow'rful  fway  $ 
the  bearls  that  .prey  or  graze  ; 

8  The  bird  that  wings  its  airy  way  ; 
the  fi(h  that  cuts  the  feas. 

9  O  thou  to  whom  all  creatures  bow 
within  this  earthly  frame, 

Thro*  all  ^he  world  how  great  art  thou  !  ^ 
how  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 

PSALM    IX. 

1  -r  |  iO  celebrate  thy  praife,  O  Lord, 

I      I  will  my  heart  prepare  : 
To  ali  the  lift'nifig  world  thy  works, 
thy  wond'rous  works  declare. 

2  The  thought  of  them  fhall  to  my  foul 
exalted  pleafure  bring  ; 

Whilfl  to  thy  name,  O  thou  Moft  High, 
triumphant  praife  I  fing. 

3  Thou 


*TP  6  AIM    &  .     i£ 

3  Thou  mad'ft  my  haughty  foes  to  turn 
their  backs  inihameful  flight : 

Struck  with  thy  prefence,   down  they  fell  °3 
they  perifti'd  at  thy  iighjt. 

4  Againft  infulting  foes  advane'd, 
thou  didft  my  caufe   maintain  ; 

My  righf  aiTertmg  from  thy  throne, 
where  truth  and  juftke -reign. 

5  The  infoleUce  of  heathen  pride 
thou  haft  redue'd  to  fhame  ; 

Their  wicked  offspring  quite  deftroy'a^ 
and  blotted  out  their  name. 

6  Miftaken  foes,  your  haughty  threats 
are  to  a  period  come  ; 

Our  city  ftands,  which  you  defign'd 
to  make  our  common  tomb. 

y5  8  The  Lord  for  ever  lives,  who  has 

his  righteous  throne  prepar'd 
Impartial  juftiee  to  difpenfe, 

to  puniih  or  reward. 

9  God  is  a-  eonftant  fare  defence 
againft  oppre'fling  rage  ; 

•As  troubles  rife,  his  needful  aids 
in  our  behalf  engage. 

10  All  thofe  who  have  his  gbodnefs  prov,d2 
will  in  his  truth  confide  ; 

Whofe  mercy  ne'er  forfook  the  man 

that  on  his  help  rely'd. 
ii  Sing^praifes  therefore  to  the  Lord, 

from  Zion  his  abode  5 
Proclaim  his  deeds,  'till  ail  the  world, 

canfefs  no  other  God, 

£    .  'FART 


U  PSALM    ix. 

PART    II. 

12  When  he  enquiry  makes  for  blood? 
he  calls  the  poor  to  mind  : 

The  injurM,  humble  man's  complaint, 
redrefs  from  him  fhall  find. 

13  Take  pity  on  my  troubles,  Lord, 
which  fpiteful  foes  create, 

Thou  that  haft  refcu'd  me  fo  oft 
from  death's  devouring  gate. 

£4  In  Zion  then  I'll  fing  thy  praife, 

to  all  that  love  thy  name  ; 
And  with  loud  fhouts  of  grateful  joy 

thy  faving  pow'r  proclaim. 

15  Deep  in  the  pit  they  digg'd  for  me 
the  heathen  pride  is  laid. 

Their  guilty  feet  to  their  own  fnare 
infenfibly  betray'd. 

16  Thus,  by  thejuft  returns  he  makes 
the  mighty  Lord  is  known  ; 

*$V"hile  wicked  men  by  their  own  plots 
are  fliamefully  o'erthrown. 

1 7  No  fingle  iinner  fhall  efcape 
by  privacy  obfeur'd  ; 

Nor  nation  from  his  juft  revenge, 
by  numbers  be  fecur'd. 

28  His  fuff'ring  faints,  when  moft  diftrefsM 

he  ne'er  forgets  to  aid  ; 
Their  expectations  fhall  be  crown'd, 

tho'  for  a  time  delay'd. 
19  Arife,  O  Lord,  afTert  thy  pow'r, 

and  let  not  man  overcome  ; 
,Defcend  to  judgment  and  pronounce 

the  guilty  heathens  doom.,  20  Strike 


?  S  A  L  M    x.  t£ 

20  Strike  terror  thro*  the  nations  round* 

'till  by  contenting  fear, 
They  to  each  other,  and  themfelves>- 

buc  mortal  men  appear. 

PSAL  M     X. 

THy  prefence  why  w  ithdraw'ft  thouLor^  - 
why  hicTft  thou  now  thy  face, 
When  difmai  times  of  deep  drftrefs 
call  for  thy  wonted  grace  ? 

2  The  wicked,  fwell'd  with  lawlefs  pride^ 
have  made  the  poor  their  prey  : 

0  let  them  fall  by  thofe  defigns 
which  they  for  others  lay. 

3  For  ftrait  they  triumph,  if  fliccefs 
their  thriving  crimes  attend  ; 

And  fordid  wretches,  whom  God  hates^ 
perverfly  they  commend'. 

4  To  own  a  pow'r  above  themfelves, 
their  haughty  pride  d^fdains  ; 

And  therefore  in  their  ftubborn  mind 
no  thought  of  God  remains. 

5  Opprefuve  methods  they  purfue, 
and  all  their  foes  they  flight  ; 

Becauie  thy  judgments  unobferv'd 
are  far  above  their  fight. 

6  They  fondly  think  their  profp'rous  ftat% 
mall  unmolested  be  ; 

They  think  their  vain  defigns  ffcall  thrive 
from  difappointment  free. 

7  Vain  and  deceitful  is  their  fpeech, 
v  ith  curfes  fill'd,  and  lies  ; 

By  which  the«mifchief  of  their  heart 

they  ftudy  to  difguife.  -  8  Nea£ 


m  ?SAL  M    Xi 

8~  Near  public  roads  they  lie  conceal'd 

and  all  their  art  employ, 
The  innocent  and  poor  at  once 

to  rifle  and  deftroy. 

9  Not  lions,  couching  in  their  dens, 

furprize  their  heedlefs  prey 
"With  greater  cunning,  or  exprefs 

more  favage  rage  than  they. 
io  Sometimes  they  act  the  harmlefs  man> . 

and  mo  deft  looks  they  wear  ; 
That  fo-deceiv'd  the  poor  may  lefs 

their  fudden  onfet  fear. 

PART    II. 

H  For  God,  they  think,  no  notice  tak«5> 

of  their  unrighteous  deeds-;. 
He  never  minds  the  Cuff. 'ring  poor, 

nor  their  oppreflion  heeds. 

12  But  thou,   O  Lord,  at  length  arife 
ftretch  forth  thy  mighty  arm  ; 

,And,  by  the  greatnefs  of  thy  pow'r, 
defend  the  poor  from  harm. 

13  No  longer  let  the  wicked  vaunt, 
and  proudly  boafting,  fay, 

M  The  Lord  regards  not  what  we  do, 
M  he  never  will  repay." 

14  But  fure,  thou. feed,  and  all  their  deeds 
impartially  doft  try  : 

The  orphan,  therefore,  and  the  poor, 
on  thee  for  aid  rely. 

15  Defencelefs  let  the  wicked  fall, 
of  all  their  ftrength   bereft  : 

Confound,  O  God,  their  dark  defignsV 
'till  no  remains  are  left.  16  AfTcrl 


P  S  A  L  M    x,  xi.  ij 

16  Aflert  thy  juft  dominion,  Lord, 
which  fhall  for  ever  ftand  ; 

Thou,  who  die  heathen  did'ft  expel 
from  this  thy  chofen  land. 

17  Thou  doft  the  humble  fuppliants  hear* 
that  to  thy  throne  repair  ; 

Thou  firft  prepar'ft  their  hearts  to  pray, 
and  then  accept'ft  their  pray'r. 

18  Thou,  in  thy  righteous  judgmentjWeigh/ft 
the  fatherlefs  and  poor  5  * 

That  fo  the. tyrants  of  the  earth 
may  perfecute  no  more. 

PSALM    XI. 

1  Q INCE  I  have  plac'd  my  truft  in  Godj! 
J^   a  refuge  always  nigh, 

"Why  fliould  I  like  a  ti'm'rous  bird, 
to  diftant  mountains  fly  ? 

2  Behold  the  wicked  bend  their  bow, 
and  ready  fix  their  dart : 

Lurking  in  ambufh  to  deftroy* 
the  man  of  upright  heart. 

3  When  once  the  firm  aiTurance  fails, 
which  public  faith  imparts, 

?Tis  time  for  innocence  to  fly 
from  fuch  deceitful  arts. 

4  The  Lord  hath  both  a  temple  here, 
aid  righteous  throne  above  ; 

"Where  he  furveys  the  fons  of  men, 
and  how  their  counfeis  move. 

5  If  God,  the  righteous,  whom  he  love$V 
for  tryal  does  correct  5 

What  muft  the  fons  of  violence, 
whom  he  abhors,  expeft  ? 

B  3  6  Snares 


ft  PS  ALM    xi,   *tu 

5  Snares,  fire  and  brienftone,  on  their  keads 

'{hall  in  one  tempeft  fhow'r  ; 
This  dreadful  mixture  his  revenge 
into  their  cup  fhall   pour. 

7  The  righteous  Lord  will  righteous  deeds 

with  ilgnal  favour  grace  •, 
And  to  the  upright  man  difclofe 

the  brightnefs  of  his  face. 

PSALM    XII. 

iOINCE  godly  men  decay,  O  Lord, 

^}     do  thou  my  caufe  defend  ; 
For  icarce  thefe  wretched  times  afford 

one  juft  and  faithful  friend. 
i  One  neighbour  now  can  fcarce  believe,. 

wliat  th'  other  doth  impart  ; 
With  flitt'ring  lips  they  all  deceive, 

and  with  a  double  heart. 

3  But  lips  that  with  deceit  abound, 
can  never  profper  long  5 

God's  righteous  vengeance  will  confound 
the  proud  blafpheming  tongue. 

4  In  vain  thofe  foolifh  boafters  fay, 
"  our  tongues  are  fure  our  own  ; 

€i  With  doubtful  words  we'll  ftill  betrays 
"  and  be  controui'd  by  none." 

5  For  God,  who  hears  the  fuff'ring  poor, 
and  their   opprelEon  knows, 

Will  foon  arife,  and  give  them  red:, 

in  fpite  of  all  their  foes. 
4  The  word  of  God  mail  ftill  abide, 

and  void  of  falfhood  be, 
As  is  the  filver,  {e\fn  times  try'd, 

from  drohy  mixture  free 

7  The 


.PSALM    xii,    xinV  19.; 

j  The  promife  of  his  aiding'grace 

{hall  reach  its  purpos'd  end  , 
His  fervants  from  this  faithlefs  race 

he  ever  ihall  defend. 
8  Then  fhall  the  wicked  be  perplex'd, 

to  know  which  way  to  fly  ; 
When  thofe  whom  they  defpis'd  and  vex'd^ 

ihall  be  advanc'd  on  high. 

V  S  A  L'M     XIII. 

iT  TOW  long  wilt  thou  forget  me,  Lord  $ 

X  JL  muft  I  for  ever   mourn  ? 
How  long  wilt  thou  withdraw  from  me, 

Oh  !  never  to  return  ? 
X  How  long  ihall  anxious  thoughts  my  fouL, 

and  grief  my  heart  opprefs  ? 
How  long  my  enemies  infiilt^, 

andl  have  no  redrefs  ? 

3  O,  hear  J  and  to  my  longing  eyes 

reftore  thy  wonted  light ; 
And  fuddenly,  or  I  ihall  ileep 

in  everlafting  night. 
4,  Reftore  me,  left  they  proudly  boafV 

'twas  their  own  ftrength  o'ercame  % 
Permit  not  them  that  vex  my  foul, 

to  triumph  in  my  fiiame. 

5  Since  I  have  always  plac'd  my  truft 
beneath  thy  mercy's  wing, 

Thy  faving  health  will  come  and  then 
my  heart  with  joy  ihall  fpring  , 

6  Then  ihall  my  fong,  with  praife  infpir'd 
to  thee,  my  God,  afcend, 

Who  to  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs, 
fuch  bounty  didft  extea4» 

PSALM, 


2©  PSALM    xiv,      xv. 

PSALM    XIV. 

I  O  URE  wicked  fools  rauft  needs  fuppofe 

|^   That  God  is  nothing  but  a  name  : 
Corrupt  and  lewd  their  practice  grows, 
No  bread  is  warm'd  with  holy  flame, 
a  The  Lord  look'd  down  from  heav'n's  high 
And  all  the  fons  of  men  did  view,       (tow'r 
To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  power  > 
If  any  truth  or  juftice  knew. 

3  But  all,  he  faw,  were  gone  afide, 
All  were  degen'rate  grown  and  bafe  : 
None  took  religion  for  their  guide, 
Not  one  of  all  the  finful  race. 

4  But  can  thefe  workers  of  deceit 
Be  all  fo  du<l  andfenfelefs  grown, 
That  they  like  bread  my  people  eat, 
And  God's  almighty  pow'r  difown  ? 

5  How  will  they  tremble  then  for  fear, 
When  his  juft  wrath  fhall  them  o'ertake  ? 
For,  to  the  righteous,  God  is  near, 
And  never  will  their  caufe  forfake. 

6  III  men,  in  vain  with  fcorn  expofe 
The  methods  which  the  good  purfue  ;. 
Since  God  a  refuge  ris  for  thole 
Whom  his  juft  eyes  with  favour  view. 

7  Would  he  his  faving  pow'r  employ, 
To  break  his  people's  fervile  band  j 
Then  fhouts  of  univerfal  joy 

Shall  loudly  eccho  thro'  the  land. 

PSALM    XV. 

i  "]       ORD,  who's  the  happy  man,  that  may 
I  j   to  thy  bleft  courts  repair  ; 

Not,  ftranger-like,  to  vifit  them, 

but  to  inhabit  there  ?  2  'Tfe 


PS  A  L  M    xv,  xvi.  sSN 

2 -.'Tis  he,  whofe  ev'ry  thought,  and  deed 

by  rules  of  virtue  moves  ?> 
Whofe  gen'rous   tongue  difdains  to  fpeak 

the  thing  his  heart  difproves. 
3  Who  never  did  a  flander  forge, 

his  neighbour's  fame  to  wound 
Nor  hearken  to  a  falfe  report, 

by  malice  whifper'd  round. 

4.  Who  vice  in  all  it's  pomp  and  pow'iry  v 

can  treat  with  juft  neglect*, 
And  piety,  tho'  cloathM  in  rags, 

religioufly  refpect. 
Who  to  his  plighted  vows  and  truft 

has  ever  firmly  fteod  •. 
And  though  he  promife  to  his  lofs3  ^ 

he  makes  his  promife  good. 

5~  Whofe  foul  in  ufury  difdains 

his  treafure  to  employ  ; 
Whom  no,  rewards  can  ever  bribe>  . 

the  guiltlefs  to  deftroy. 
The  man,  who  by  this  fttady  ceurfe 

has  happinefs  enfur'd, 
When  earth's  foundation  fhakes  fhall  fk$t*3& 

by  Providence. fecur'd. 

PSALM     XVI. 

i-  TJ&OTECT  me  from  my  cruel  fces^ 

j^      and  fhield  me,  Lord,  from  harm  %  . 
Eecaufe  my  truft  I  ftill  repofe 

on  thy  almighty  arm. 
2  My  foul  all-help  but  thine  does  flight,  -.. 

all  gods  but  rhee  difown  ; 
Yet  can  no  deeds  of  mine  requite, 

the  goodnefs  thou  haft  fhown,        3  Bui 


22  P  S  A  L  M    xvi. 

3-  But  t  hofe  that  itnclly  virtuous  are^  t 

and  lave  the  thing  thatV  right, 
To  favour  always,  and  prefer,.. 
hail  he  my  chief  delight. 

4  How  fhall  their  few  rows  be  encreas'd, 
who  other  gods  adore  ! 

Their  bloody  orFrings  I  deteit, 
their  very  names  abhor. 

5  My  lot  is  fall'n  in  that  bl eft  land,, 
where  God  is  truly  known  ; 

He  fills- my  cup  with  lib'ral  hand  ; 
'tis  he  fupports  my  throne. 

6  In  nature's  molt  delightful  fcene 
my  happy  portion  lies  ; 

The  place  of  my  appointed  reign    ' 
all  other  lands  outvies. 

7  Therefore  my  foul  Aw  11  blefs  tke  Lord* 
whofe  precepts  give  me  light, 

And  private  counfel  ftill  afford, 
in  forrow's  difmal  night. 

8  I  ftrive  each  action  to  approve 
to  his  all-feeing  eye  ; 

No  danger  fhall  my  hopes  remove, 
becauie  he  ftill  is  nigh, 

9  Therefore  my  heart  all  grief  defies, 
my  glory  does  rejoice  -, 

My  fkm  lhall  reft,  in  hopes  to  rife, 
wak'd  by  his  pow'rful  voice. 

10  Thou,  Lord,  when  I  relign  my  breath,., 
my  foul  from  hell  malt  free  ; 

Nor  let  thy  H-oly  One  in  death 
the  leaf!,  corruption  fee. 

1-3  Thoa 


P  S   A  L  M     xv'i,  xvii,  23 

11  Trsou  malt  the  paths  of  life  difplay  ; 

that  to  thy  prefence  lead  ; 
Where  pleafures  dwell  without  allay, 

and  joys  that  never  fade. 

PS.AL  M    XVII. 

inpo  my  jure  plea,  and  fad  coraplaiitt, 

attend,  O  righteous  Lord, 
And  to  my  pray'r,  as  'tis  -unfeigri'd, 

a  gracious  ear  afford. 
2.  As  in  thy  fight  I  arn  approv'd, 

io  let  my  fentcnce  be; 
And  with  impartial  eyes,  O  Lord, 

my  upright  dealings  lee. 

3  Per  thou  haft  fearch'd  my  heart  by  day 
and  vifited  by  night  ; 

And  on  the  ftrietefe  trial -found. 

its  fecret  motions  right. 
Nor  mall  thy  juftice,  Lord,  alone 

my  heart's  deflgns  acquit; 
i^or  I  have  purpos'd,  that  my  tongue 

fhall  not  offence  commit. 

4  I  know  what  wicked  men  would  do, 
their  iafety  to  maintain  ; 

But  me  thy  juff  and  mild  commands 
from  bloody  paths  refhain. 

5  That  I  may  ft  ill  in  fpite  of  wrongs,, 
my  innocence  fecure, 

£>,  guide  me  in  thy  righteous  ways, 
and  make  my  footfteps  fure. 

6  Since  heretofore  I  ne'er  in  vaifi 
to  thee  my  pray'r  addrefs'd  : 

O  !   now,  my  God,  incline  thine  ear 
£0  this  my  juft  requeft, 

7  33* 


&l  PSALM    xvii. 

7  The  wonders  of  thy  truth  and  love 

in  my  defence  engage, 
Thou  whofe  right-hand  preferves  thy  faints 

from  their  opprefTors  rage. 

P  A  R  T    II. 

8,90!  keep  me  in  thy  tend'reft  care  » 
thy  fhelt'ring  wings  ftretch  out, 

To  guard  me  fafe  from  favage  foes, 
that  compafs  me  about : 

10  O'ergrown  with  luxury,  inclos'd 
in  their  own  fat  they  lie  j 

And  with  a  proud  blalpheming  mouth 
both  God  and  man   defy. 

1 1  Well  may  they  boaft,  for  they  have  not* 
my  paths  encompafs'd  round  ; 

Their  eyes  at  watch,  their  bodies  bow'd 
and  couching  on  the  ground. 

12  In  pofture  of  a   lion   fet, 
when  greedy  of  his  .prey  ; 

Or  a  young  lion  when  he  lurks 
within  a  covert  way. 

13  Arife3  O  Lord,  defeat  their  plots, 
their  fwelling  rage  controul  : 

Trom  wicked  men,  who  are  thy  fword, 
deliver  thou  my  foul  : 

14  From  worldly  men  thy  fharpeft  fcourgc 
whofe  portion's  here  below  ; 

Who  fill'd  with  earthly  {lores  afp ire 
no  other  blifs  to  know. 

15  Their  race  is  num'rou*  that  partake 
their  fubftance  while  they  live  ; 

Their  heirs  furvives,  to  whpm  they  may 
the  vaft  remainder  give. 

16  Mi 


^  S  A  L  M    "xvii,  xvhL  £5 

*i$  15ut  I  in  uprightnefs,  thy  face, 

fhall  View  without  controul, 
And,  waking,  -fhall  its  image  find 
-     reflected  in  my'foul. 

PS  AIM    XVIfX. 

^  2lWlrO  change  of  times  fhall  ever  fhock 
J^j    my  firm  affeclien,  Lord*  to  thee  % 
^or  thou  haft  always  been  a  rock 

a  fortrefs  and  defence  to  me. 
Thou  my  SehVrer  art,  my  Cod, 

my  truft  is  in  thy  mighty  pbw'r  5 
ThOu  art  my  fhield  from  foes  abroad, 

at  hoitie  my  fefe-.guard  and  my  towV. 

3  To  thee  I  will  addrefs  my  pray'r, 

(to  whom  all  pratfe  we  juftly  6we) 
So  (hall  I,  by  thy  watchful  care, 

be  guarded  from  my  treacherous  foe. 
4,  5  By  floods  of  wicked  men  diftrefs'd, 

with  deadly  forrows  coiiipafs'd  round, 
'With  dire  infernal  pangs  opprefs'd, 

in  deaths  unweildy  fetters  bound. 

6  To  Heav'n  I  made  my  mournful  pray% 
to  God  addrefs  my  humble  moan  : 

Who  graciouily  inchVd  his  ear, 

and  beard  me  from  his  lofty  thf One . 

PART   % 

q  When  Cod  ardfe  to  take  my  part, 

the  confcrbus  earth  did  quake  for  fear  f 
From  their  firmpofts  the  hills  did  ftart, 

nor  could  his  dreadful  fury  bear. 
8  Thick  clouds  of  fmoke  difpers'd  abroad^, 

enfigns  of  wrath  before  him  came, 
^Devouring  fire  around  him  glow'd, 

''that  coals  were  kindled  at  its  flame. 

C  ptk 


26  P  S  A  L  1&    xviii. 

9  He  left  the  beauteous  realms  of  light, 

vhilft  heav'nbow'd  down  its  awful  head; 
Beneath  his  feet  fubftantial  night, 

was  like  a  fable  carpet  fpread. 
io  The  chariot  of  the  King  of  kings, 

which  active  troops  of  angels  drew, 
On  a  ftrong  tempeft's  rapid  wings, 

with  moft  amazing  fwiftnefs  flew. 

II,li  Black,  watrymifts  and  clouds  confpir'd 
with  thickeft  fhades  his  face  to  veil  j 

But  at  his  brightnefs  foon  retired, 
and  fell  in  fhow'rs  of  fire  and  hail. 

13  Thro'  heav'ns  wide  arch  a  thund'ringpeal 
God's  angry  voice  did  loudly  roar  ; 

.While  earth's  fad  face,  with  heaps  of  hail 
and  flakes  of  fire  was  cover'd  o'er. 

14  His  fharpen'd  arrows  round  he  threw, 
which  made  his  fcatter'd  foes  retreat  j 

Like  darts  his  nimble  lightnings  flew, 
and  quickly  fmifh'd  their  defeat. 

15  The  deep  it's  fecret  stores  difclos'd  ; 
the  world's  foundation  naked  lay, 

By  his  avenging  wrath  expos'd, 

which  fiercely  rag'd  that  dreadful   day. 

PART    III. 

16  The  Lord  did^on  my  fide  engage, 
from  heav'n  (his  throne)  my  cauie  upheld, 

And  fnatch'd  me  from  the  furious  rage 
of  threatening  waves  that  proudly  iwell'd. 

17  God  his  reiiftkfs  pew'r  cmploy'd, 
my  ftrongeft  foes  attempts  to  break  ; 

Who  die  w  ith  tale  had  foon  deftroy'd, 
the  weak  u  feneje  that  I  could  make. 

1 S  Thejr 


P '   S  A    h   M    xval  $$ 

1 8  Their  fubtle  rage  had  ne'er  prevail'd* 
when  I  diftrefs'd  and  friendlefs  lay, 

But  ftill  when  other  fuccours  fail'd, 
God  was  my  firm  fupport  and  ftay. 

19  From  dangers  that  enclosed  me  rounxi^ 
he  brought  me  forth  and  fet  me  free 5 

For  fome  juft  caufe  his  goodnefs  found3 
that  mov'd  him  to  delight  in  me. 

20  Becaufe  in  me  no -guilt  remains, 
God  does  his  gracious  help  exrend  5. 

My  hands  are  free  from  bloody  ftains, 
therefore  the  Lord  is  ftill  my  friend, 

21,  22  For  I  his  judgments  kept  in  fight* 
in  his  juft  paths  have  always  trod  ; 

I  never  did  his  ftatutes  flight, 

nor  loofely  wander'd  from  my  God. 

23,  24  But  ftill  my  foul,  ffn-cere  and'purej 
did  ev'n  from  darling  fins  refrain  ; 

His  favours  therefore  yet  endure, 

becaufe  my  heart  and  hands  are  clean* 

PART     IV. 
25,  26  Thou  fuit'ft,  O  Lord,  thy  righteous 

to  various  paths  of  human  kind,      (ways 
They  who  for  mercy  merit  praife, 

with  thee  fhall  wond'rous  mercy  find, 
Thou  to  the  juft  fhall  juftice  fhew, 

the  pure  thy  purity  fhall  fee  5 
Such  as  perverfly  choofe  to  go, 

fhall  meet  with  due  returns  from  thee.' 

27,  28  That  he  the  humble  foul  will  fave, 
and  crufti  the  haughty's  boafted  might, 

In  me  the  Lord  an  inftance  gave, 

whofe  darknefs  he  has  turn'd  to  light. 

29  On 


23  PS  ALM    xvim 

29  On  his  firm  fuccour-I-rely'd, 

and  did  o'er  num'rous  foes  prevail 'j. 
Nor  fear'd  whilft  he  was  on  my  fide, 
the  beft  defended  walls  to  fcale. 

30  For  GodVdefigns  fhallftill  fueceed^ 
his  word  will  bear  the  utmoft  teft  j 

He's  a  ftrong  fhield  to  all  that  need, 
and  on  his  fur e  protection  reft. 

3 1  Who  then  deferves  to  be  ador'd, 

but  God  on  whom  my~  hopes,  depend  f 
Or  who,  except  the  mighty  Lord, 
can  with  refiftlefs  powV  defend  ? 

B  A  R  T    V. 

32,  33-  'Tis  God  chat  girds  my  armour  oo^ , 

and  all  my  juft  defigns  fulfils  ; 
Through  him,  my  feet  can  fwiftly  run,. 

and  nimbly  climb  the  fteepeft  hills. 
3^4  LeiTons  of  war  from  him  I  take, 

and  manly,  weapon*  learn  to  wield  fe 
Strong  bows  of  fteel  with  eafe  i  break,, 

fore'd  by  my  ftronger  arms  to  yields 

35  The  buckler  of  his  faring  health 
protects  me  from  infulting  foes-: 

His  hand  fuftains  me  ftill,  my  wealths 
and  greatnefs  from  hi&  bounty  flows^L 

36  My  goings  he  enlarg'd  abroad, 
'till  then  to  narrow  paths  confin'd, 

And  when  in  flipp'ry  ways  I  trod, 
the  method  of  my  fteps  defign'd. 

37  Thro*  him  I  numVous  hofts  defcatj. 
and  flying  fquadrons  captive  take  : 

£jtor  from  my  fierce  purfuit  retreat, 
'tMl.I-a  final  conqueft  make. 

38  Covcr'd 


PSALM"  xviH;  || 

%8  Cover'd  with  wounds  in  vain  they  tryy 
their  vanquiih'd  heads  again  to  rear  \ 

Spite  of  their  boafted  ftrength  they  lie 
beneath  my  feet  and  grovel  there. 

39  God,  when  frefh  armies  take  the  field, 
recruits  my  ftrength,  my  courage  warms  i 

He  makes  myftrong  oppofers  yield, 
fubdu'd  by  my  prevailing  arms. 

40  Thro*  him  the  necks  of  pro  ft  rate  foes 
my  conqu'ring  feet  in  triumph  prefs*, 

Aided  by  him  I  root  out  thoie 
Who  hate  and  envy  my  fuccefs. 

41  With  loud  complaints  all  friends  they 
but  none  was  able  to  defend  ;  [try'd. 

At  length  to  God  for  help  they  cry'd  \ 
but  God  would  no  aiHftance  lend. 

42  Like  flying  duft,  which  winds  purfue^' 
their  broken  troops  I  fcattered  round  ; 

Their  flaughter'd  bodies  forth  I  threw, 
like  loathfome  dirt  that  clogs  the  ground.' 

P  ART     VL 

43  Our  factious   tribes,  at  ft  rife  till  now?\ 
by  God's  appointment  me  obey  ; 

The  heathen  to  my  fceptre  bow, 
and  foreign  nations  own  my-rway, 

44-Remoteft  realms  their  homage  ienda 
when  my  fbccefsful  name  they  heart 

Strangers  for  my  commands  attend, 
charm'd  -with  refpecV  or  aw'd  by  fean  - 

45   All  to  mv  fummons  tamely  yield, 
or  foon  in  battle  are  difmay'd  : 

For  ftronp;er  holds  they  quit  the  iield> 
And  ftill  in  ftrongeft  holds  afraid. 

O3  :J  46  Let 


»$  PSALM    xviii,    so, 

46  Let  the  eternal  Lord  be  prais'd  I 
the  rock  on  whofe  defence  I  reft  ; 

O'er  highefl  heav'ns  his  name  be  rais'd, 
who  me  with  his  falvation  blefs'd, 

47  Tis  God  that  ftiil  fupports  my  right, 
his  juft  revenge  my  foes  purines  ; 

'Tis  he  that  with  refiitlefs  might, 
fierce  nations  to  my  yoke  iubdues. 

48  My  univerfal  fafe-guard,  he, 

from  whom  my  lafting  honours  flow  % 
He  made  me  great,  and  fet  me  free, 
from  my  remorfelefs,  bloody  foe. 

49  Therefore  to  celebrate  his  fame, 
my  grateful  voice  to  heav'n  I'll  raife  ! 

And  nations,  ftrangers  to  his  name, 
ihall  thus  be  taught  to  ling  his  praife. 

50  <(  God  to  his  king  dcliv'rance  fends, 
"  fhews  his  anointed  fignal  grace  \ 

il  His  mercy  evermore  extends 
"  to  David,  and  his  promis'd  race. 

P  S  A  L  M    XIX. 

jr  I  S  HE  heav'ns  declare  thy  glory,  Lorcl^ 

[_  ,   which  that  alone  can  fill ; 
The  tirmament  and  ftars  exprefs 
their  great  Creator's  Ik  ill. 

2  The  dawn  of  each  returning  day, 
frefh  beams  of  knowledge  brings ; 

And  from  the  dark  returns  of  night 
divine  inflru&ion  fprings. 

3  Their  pow'rful  language  to  no  realm 
or  region  is  confin'd  ; 

'Tis  nature's  voice,  and  underftcod 

alike  by  all  mankind,  4  Their 


PSALM     xix.  31 

4  Their  doctrine  does  its  facred  fenfe 
thro'  earth's  extent  difplay  ; 

Whofe  bright  contents  the  circling  fan 
does  round  the  world  convey. 

5  No  bridegroom  for  his  nuptials  dreft> 
has  fuch  a  chearful  face  ; 

No  giant  does  like  him  rejoice, 
to  run  his  glorious  race. 

6  From  eaft  to  weft,  from  weft  to  eaft| 
his  reftlefs  courfe  he  goes  ; 

And  thro'  his  progrefs  chearful  lightj 
and  vital  warmth  beftows. 

PART    II. 

7  God's  perfect  law  converts  the  foui> 
reclaims  from  falfe  deftres  ; 

With  facred  wifdom  his  fure  word 
the  ignorant  infpires. 

8  The  ftatutes  of  the  Lord  are  juft, 
and  bring  iincere  delight  ; 

His  pure  commands  in  fearch  of  truths 
affift  the  feebleft  fight. 

9  His  perfect  worfhip  here  is  nxVis 
on  lure  foundations  laid  : 

His  equal  laws  are  in  the  fcales 
of  truth  andjuftice  weigh'd. 

10  Of  more  efteem  than  golden  mines^ 
or  gold  renn'd  with  fkill :    4 

More  fweet  than  honey,  or  the  drops 
that  from  the  comb  diftill. 

11  My  trufty  councellors  they  are, 
and  friendly  Warnings  give  ; 

Divine  rewards  attend  on   thofe5 
-     who  by  thy  precepts  live., 

1 2  But 


32  ?  "S  A  L  M'   xix,  zx;  ' 

12  But  what  frail  man  obferves,  how  of 

he  does  from  virtue  fall  ? 
O  cleanfe  me  from  my  fecret  faults^ 

thou  God  that  knowii  them  all, 

23  Let  no  prefumptctfs  fin,  O  Lord? 
dominion  have  o'er  me  ; 

T&a*  by  thy  grace,  prefervM,  I  may- 
the  great  tranfgreliion  flee. 

24  So  fhall  my  prayV  and  praifes  bs 
with  thy.  acceptance  bleft } 

And  I  fecure,  on  thy  defence, 
my  flrength  and  Saviour  reft. 

P    S    A    L    M      XX. 

2   r  HHE  Lord  to  thy  requefi  attend,. 

1      and  hear  thee  in  diilrefs  : 
The  name  of  Jacob's  God  defend,, 
and  grant  thy  arms  fuccefs. 

2  To  aid  thee  from  on  high  repair, 
and  tfrength  from  Sion  give  ; 

3  Remember  all  thy  offerings  there>_^ 
thy  facrihce  receive. . : 

4- To  compafs  thy  own  heart's  defireK 

thy  counfels  ftili  direct: 
Make  kindly  all  events  confpire 

to  bring  them  to  effecl:. 

5  To  thy  fahfation,  Lord,  for  aid 
we  c  hear  fid  ly  repair, 

With  banners  in  thy  name  difplay'd,   . 
•  the  Lord  accept  thy  pray'r. 

6  Cur  hopes-  are  fiVd,  that  now  the  Lord 

our  fovVcign  will  defend, 
£rom  heav'n  ivfiftlefs  aid  afFoi'd, 

and  to  his  prayer  attend.  7  Souk 


PS  A  L  M^   xx,  xxL  2? 

f  Some  truft  in  fteeds  for  war  defign'd, 

on  chariots  fo me  rely  ; 
Againft  them  all  we'll  call  to  mind 

the  pow*r  of  God  naoft  high. 

8  But,  from  their  fteeds  and  chariots  throwa  a 

behold  them,  thro?  the  plain, 
BiforderM,  broke  and  trampled  down, 

wbilft  firm  our  troops  remain. 
£  Still  fave  us,  Lord,  and  ftill  proceed 

our  rightful  caufe  to.blefs  ;, 
Hear,  King  of  Tieav'n,  in  times  of  need*,., 

the  pray'rs  that  we  addrcfs. 

PSALM    XXI, 

3 rTl  HEking^O  Lord,  with  fangs  of  prah%:: 

1      £hall  in  thy  ftrength  rejoice  ; 
With  thy  falvation  crown'd,  fhall  raife 

to  heav'n  his  chearful  voice. 
%  For  thou,  whate'er  his  lips  requeft* 

not  only  doft  impart, 
Bus  haft  with  thy  acceptance  bleft 

the  wifties  of  his  bearu  * 

\  Thy  goodnefs  and  thy  tender  care 

have  all  his  hope*  out  gone  ; 
A  crown  of  gold  thou  mad'ft  him  wear 

and  fett'ft  it  firmly  on. 

4  He  pray'd  for  life  ;  and  thou,  Q -Lord £  s 
did'ft  his  fhort  fpan^xtend, 

And  gracioufly  to  him  afford 
a  life  that  ne'er  {hall,  end. 

5  Thy  Aire  defence,  through  nations  roundj 
has  fpread  his  glorious  name  ; 

.And  his  fuccefsful  actions  croweM 

•    with  jnajefty  and  fanae*  6  EterrttV 


•  34  P  S  A  L  M    xxl, 

6  Eternal  bleilings  thou  beftow'it, 
and  mak'ft  his  joys  increafe  ; 

Whilftthou  to  him,  unclouded  fhow'nS) 
the  brightnefs  of  thy  face. 

PART      II. 

7  Becaufe  the  king  on  God  alone 

for  timely  aid  relies  ; 
His' mercy  {till  fupports  his  throne, 
and  all  his  wants  fupplies. 

8  Btit  righteous  .Lord,  thy  ftubborn  foes 
fhall  feel  thy  heavy  hand  ; 

Thy  vengeful  arm  fhall  find  out  thofe 
that  hate  thy  mild  command. 

f  "When  thou  againft  them  doft  engage,, 

thy  ,uft,  but  dreadful  doom 
Shall,  like  a  glowing  oven's  rage, 

their  hopes  and  them  conlume. 
io  Nor  fhall  thy  furious  anger  ceafe,. 

or  with  their  ruin  end  ; 
But  root  out  all  their  guilty  race, 

and  to  their  feed  extend. 

1 1  For  all  their  thoughts  were  fet  on  ill, 
their  hearts  on  malice  bent  ; 

But  thou  with  watchful  care  did'ft  {till 
the  ill  effecls  prevent. 

1 2  In  vain  by  fhameful  flight  they'll  try 
to'fcape  thy  dreadful  might  ; 

While  thy  fwrift  darts  fhall  farter  fly, 
and  gall  them  in  their  flight. 

13  Thus,  Lord,  thy  wond'Vous  ftreagthdif- 
and  thus  exalt  thy  fame  ;  (clofe, 

Whilft  we  glad  fongs  of  praife  compofe 
to  thy  ajmighty  name. 

PSALM 


PSALM    xxii.  35 

PSALM     XXII. 

*  T\  /f  ^  Godjmy  God,why  leav'ft  thou  me, 

.TV A   when  I  whh  anguifh  faint  ; 
.O  !  why  fo  far  from  me  remov'd, 
and  from  my  loud  complaint  ? 

2  All  day,  but  alt  the  .day  unheard, 
to  thee  do  I  complain  ; 

With  cries  Implore  relief  all  night, 
but  cry  all  night  in  vain. 

3  Yet  thou  art  {till  the  righteous  judge 
of  innocence  oppielVd ; 

And  therefore  Israel's  praifes  are 

of  right  to  thee  addrefs'd. 
4,  5  On  thee  our  anceftors  rely'd, 

and  thy  deliv'rance  found  ; 
With  pious  confidence  they  pray'd, 

and  with  fuccefs  were  crown'd. 

6  But  I  am  treated  like  a  worm, 
like  none  of  human  birth  : 

Not  only  by  the  great  revil'd, 
but  made  the  rabble's  mirth. 

7  With  laughter  all  the  gazing  crowd 
my  agonies  furvey  ; 

They  moot  the  lip,  they  fhake  the  head, 
and  thus,  deriding  fay  : 

8  "  In  God  he  trufted,  boafting  oft, 
.  "  that  he  was  heav'n's  delight  ; 

**  Let  God  come  down  to  fave  him  now* 
w  and  own  his  favourite." 

PART    II. 

9  Thou  mad'ft  my  teeming  mother's  womk 
a  living  offspring  bear  ; 

When  but  a  fuckling  at  the  breair, 
I  was  thy  early  care.  io  Thott 


<&  P  SALM    xxii. 

io  Thou,  guardian-like  did'ft  ihicid  from 
xny  helplefs  infant  days ;  (wrongs 

And  fince  haft  been  my  God  and  guide, 
through  life's  bewilder'd  ways. 

?i  I  Withdraw  not  then  fo  far  from  me, 

when  trouble  is  fo  nigh  : 
©  !  fend  me  help,  thy  herp,  on^which 

'I  only  can  rely. 
12  High-pamper'd  bulls,   a  frowning  herd9 

from  Bafaa's  foreft  met, 
With  ftrength,proportion'd  to  their  rage, 

have  me  around  befet. 

*3  They  gape  on  me,  and1  ev'ry  mouth 

a  yawning  grave  appears  % 
"The. -defect  lion's  favage  roar 

lefs  dreadfulHs  than  theirs. 

PART    III. 

•14  My  blood,  like  waters  fpill'd,  my  joints 

are  rack'd,  and  out  of  frame ; 
My  heart  diflblves  within  my  breaft, 

like  wax  before  the  flame. 

15  My  ftrength  like  potter's earthis ^arch'd, 
my  tongue  cleaves  to  my  jaws  ; 

And  to  the  iilent  (hades  of  death 
my  fainting  foul  withdraws. 

16  H.ikeblood-hoifnd9,tofQrrotind  me,the>f 
in  packM  afTemblres  meet  ; 

They  pierc'd  my  inoffenfive  hands, 
they  pierc'd  my  harmlefs  feet. 

1 7  My  body's  rack'd,  till  all  my  bone* 
diftinttly  may  be  told  : 

Yet  fuch  a  fpe&acie  of  woe, 
*s  paftime  they  behoii. 

18 

* 


P  S  A  L  M    xxii,  47 

;8  As  fpoil,  my  garments  they-divide, 
lots  for  my  vefture  caft  : 

19  Therefore  approach,  O  Lord,my  ftrength 
and  to  my  fuccour  hafte. 

20  From  their  marp  fwordpmtecl:  thou  me, 
of  all  but  life  bereft  ; 

Nor  let  my  darling  in  the.pow'r 
of  cruel  dogs  be  left. 

21  To  fave  me  from  the  lion's  jaws* 
thy  prefent  fuccour  fend  ; 

As  once,  from  goring  unicorns, 
thou  did'ft  my  life  defend. 

22  Then  to  my  brethren  I'll  declare 
the  triumphs  of  thy  name  ; 

In  prefence  of  afiembled  faints, 
thy  glory  thus  proclaim  : 

23  tc  Ye  worihippers  of  Jacob's  God, 
"  all  you  of  Ifrael's  line, 

~€i  O  praife  the  Lord,  and  to  your  praife 
"  fincere  obedience  join. 

24  w  He  ne'er  difciaia'd  on  low  diftrefej 
u  to  caft  a  gracious  eye  ; 

u  Nor  turn'd  from  poverty  his  face, 
f*  but  hears  its  humble  cry." 

PART    IV. 

25  Thus  iri  thy  facred  courts  will  I 
my  chearful  thanks  exprefs ; 

In  prefence  of  thy  faints  perform 
the  vows  of  my  diftrefs. 

26  The  meek  companions  of  my  grief 
Ihali  find  my  table  fpread  ; 

And  all  that  feek  the  Lord>  (hall  be 
with  joys  immortal  fed, 

D  2j  Than 


33         P  S  A  L  M    xxfi,    xxiiL 

•2.7  Then  fhall  the  glad  converted  world 

to  God  their  homage  pay  •, 
And  fcatter'd  nations  of  the  earth 

one  fov'reign  Lord  obey. 

28  Tis  his  fupreme  prerogative 
o'er  fubjecl  kings  to  reign  : 

*Jis  juft  that  he  fhould  rule  the  world, 
who  does  the  world  fuftain. 

29  The  rich  who  are  with  plenty  fed 
his  bounty  muft  confefs  : 

The  fons  or  want,  by  him  reliev'd, 

their  genVous  patron  blefs. 
With  humble  worfhip  to  his  throne 

they  all  for  aid  re  fort : 
That  power  which  firft  their  beirgs  gave, 

can  only  them  fupport. 

30,  31  Then  fhall  a.  chofcn  fpotlefs  racef 

devoted  to  his  name, 
To  their  admiring  heirs  hi s  truth 

and  glorious  acts  proclaim. 

PSALM    XXIII. 

I*"  I  ^ HE  Lord  himfelf,  the  mighty  Lord 

1        vouchsafes  to  be  my  guide  ; 
The  fhepherd,  by  whofe  conftant  care 
my  wants  are  all  fupplyM. 

2  In  tender  grafs  he  makes  me  feed, 
and  gently  there  repofe  ; 

Then  leads  me  to  cool  fhades,  and  where 
refrefhing  waters  flows. 

3  He  does  my  wandVing  foul  reclaim, 
and,  to  his  endlefs  praife, 

/nftrucl  with  humble  zeal  to  walk  .„ 

in  his  meft  righteous  ways, 

4* 


PS  A  L  M    xxIH,  xxfvv  ^>~ 

4  I  pafs  the  gloomy  vale  of  death, 
from,  fear  and  danger  free  ; 

For  there  his  aiding  rod  and  ftafF 
defend  and  comfort  me. 

5  In  prefence  of  my  fpiteful  foes, 
he  does  my  table  fpread  ; 

He  crowns  my  cup  with  chearful  wine, 
with  oil  anoints  my  head. 

6  Since  God  doth  thus  his  wond'rous  lov£ 
through  all  my  life  extend  ;. 

That  life  to  him  I  will  devote,, 
and  in  his  temple  fpend. 

PSALM    XXIV. 

lH  *HIS  fpacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's  % 

the  Lord's  her  fulnefs  is, 
The  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein, 
by  fov'reign  right  are  his. 

2  He  fram'd  and  fixM  it  on  the  feas  ^ 
and.his  almighty  hand, 

Upon  inconftant  floods  has  made 
the  ftable  fabrick  fland. 

3  But  for  himfelf  this  Lord  of  all 
one  chofen  feat  deflgn'd  : 

O  !  who  fhall  to  that  iacred  hill 
defir'd  admittance  find  ? 

4  The  man  whofe  hands  and  heart  are  pure, 
whole  thoughts  from  pride  are  free  j 

Who  heneft  poverty  prefers 
to  gainful  perjury. 

5  This,  this  he,  on  whom  the  Lord, 
fhall  fhow'rhis  bieffings  down  ; 

Whom  God  his  Saviour  fhall  vcuchfafe 
with  righteoufnefs  to  crown, 

D  z  6  SucU 


4«  PSALM    xxiv,  xxv, 

6  Such  is  the  race  of  faints,  by  whom* 
the  facred  courts  are  trod  ; 

And  fuch  the  profelytes,  that  feek. 
the  face  of  Jacob's   God. 

7  Erect  your  heads,  eternal  gates, 
unfold,  to  entertain 

The  King  of  glory  ;  fee  !  he  conies 
with  his  cceleftial  train* 

8  Who  is  this.King  of  glory  ?  Who  ?? 
the  Lord  for  ftrength  renown'd  ; 

In  battle  mighty  ;  o'er  his  foes, 
eternal  victor  crown'd. 

9  Erect  your  heads,  ye  gates  -9  unfold^ 
in  ftate  to  entertain 

The  King  of  glory  :  fee  !  he  comes 

with  all  his  fhining  train.  • 
io  Who  is  this-  King  of  glory  ?  Who  t 

the  Lord  of  hoits  renown'd  ! 
Of  glory  he  alone  is  King, 

who  is  with  glory  crown'd. 

PSALM     XXV. 

i,rT^  O  God,  in  whom  I  truft, 
i  Jl  I  lift  my  heart  and  voice 
O  let  me  not  be  put  to  fhame 

nor  let  my  foes  rejoice. 

3  .Thofe  who  on  thee  rely, 

let  no  difgrace  attend  : 
Be  that  the  fhameful  lot  of  fuch 

as  wilfully  offend. 

4,  5  To  me  thy  truth  impart, 

and  lead  me  in  thy  way  : 
Eoithou  art  he  that  brings  me  help ; 

fyj  thee  I  wait  all  day. 

f.Thy- 


PS  ALM    xxv.,  44 

€  Thy  mercies,  and  thy  love^ 
O  Lord,  recall  to  mind  ; 
And  gracioufly  continue  ftill 
as  thou  wert  ever;  kind. 

7  Let  all  my  youthful  crimes 
be  blotted  out  by  thee  ; 

And  for  thy  wond'rous  goodnefs  fake 
in  mercy  think  on  me, 

8  His  mercy,  and  his  truth, 
the  righteous  Lord  difplays, 

In  bringing  wand'ring  finners  home,„ 
and  teaching  them  his  ways. 

9  He  thofe  in  juflice  guides, 
who  his  direction  feek  ; 

And  in  his  facred  paths  mall  lead 
the  humble  and  the  meek. 

10  Through  al1  the  ways  of  God 
both  truth  and  mercy  mine, 

To  iuch  as  with  religious  hearts 
to  his  bleft  wil  incline. 

PART    II. 

si  Since  mercy  is  the  grace 

that  moft  exalts  thy  fame  ; 
Fdrg've  my  heinous  fin,  O  Lord,. 

and  fo  advance  thy  name. 

12  Whoe'er  with  humble  fear 

to  God  his  duty  pays, 
Shall  find  the  Lord  a  faithful  gttidejjt* 

ia  all  his  righteous  ways. 

23  His  quiet  foul  with  peace 
fhali  be  for  ever  bleft, 
And  by  his  num'fo-us  race  the  land, 
fttecefUvely  poflefsM, 

D  %,  ia  Mp* 


I*  P  S.AiL  M   xxv, 

14  For  God  to  alMiis  faints 
his  fecret  will  imparts, 

And  does  his  gracious  cov'naat  write 
in  their  obedient  hearts. 

15  To  him  I  lift  my  eyes, 
and  wait  his  timely  aid, 

Who' breaks  the  ftrongand  treachVous  fnare . 
which  for  my  feet  was  laid. 

16  O  !  turn  and  all  my  griefs, 
in  marcy,  Lord,  redreis  ; 

For  I  am  compafs'd  round  with  woe?^ 
and  plung'd  in  deep  diftrefs. 

17  The  forrows  of  my  heart  - 
to  mighty  fu-sns  increaie  ; 

O  !  from  this  dark  and  difrial  flat" 
my  troubled  foul  rejeafe  ! 

1 8  Do  thou,  with  lender  eyes, 
my  fad  afhidlion  fee  ; 

Acquit  me,  Lord,  and  from  my  guilt.-- 
intirely  fet  me  free. 

le  ConiId$r,,Lcrd,  my .  foesf , 
how  vaft  their  numbers  grow  ! 

\Vhat  lawlofs  force  and  rage  they  ufa5 
what  boundlefshate  they  ihow  ! 

20  Protect,  and  fet  my  foul 
from  their  fierce  malice  free  ; 

Nor  let  me  be  aihanvd  who  plage 
my  ftedfaft  truftin.  thee. 

21  Let  all  my  righteous  acls 
to  full  perfection  rife  ; 

Becaufe  my  firm  and  conftant  hope 
oajhee  alone,  re  lies  * 

22  To 


l&ALM   xxv,    xs*i.\        43; 

2-2  To  liraers  chofen  race 
continue  ever  kind  ;. 
ifcnd  in  the  midft  of  all  their  wants, 
let  them  thy  fuccour  find. 

ES.AL.M      XXVI. 
i  JUDGE  me,  O  Lord:;.,  for  J  the  paths, 
J     o^righteoufnefs  have  trod  ; 
I'  cannot  fail,  who  all  my  truft 

repofe  in  thee*  my  God. 
5, ,3  Search,  prove  my  heart,  whofeinnocen.ee,: 

will  fni'ne,  the  more  -lis-  try'd  °,. 
For  I  have  kept  thy  grace  in  view,, 
and  made  thy  truth  my  guidco . 

4  I  never  for  companions  tookc 

the  idle  or  profane  ;7 
No  hypocrite,  with  all  his  arts,.. 

could  e'er  my  friendfhip  gain*. 
c  I  hate  the  bufy,  plotting  crew,. 

who  make  diftracled  times ■;-■ 
And  fhun  their  wicked  company.' 

as  I  avoid  their  crimes. 

6  niwafli  my  hands  in  innocence- 
and  bring  a  heart  fo  pure, 

That,  when  thy  altar  I  approach, 
my  welcome  fball  be  fure. 

7,  £  My  thanks  Til  publifh  there,  and  teH'- 
how  thy.renown  excels  :  • 

That  feat  affords-. me  moft  delight, 
in  which  thy  honour  dwells. 

9  Pafsnot  on  me  the  ikmers -doom, , 

who  murder  make  their  trade  •, 
IP  Who  others  rights,  by  feeret  bribes? 
.  Qr  apen  fon:e^  invade*  uBut. 


44.        PSA  L  ffl   xxvi,    zz&viu 

1 1  But  I  will  walk  in  paths  of  trutk,  ~ 
and  Innocence  purfue  : 

Protect  me  therefore,  and  to  me 
thy  mercies,  Lord,  renew. 

12  In  fpite  of-  all  afTaulting  fees, 
I  (till  maintain  my  ground  ; 

And  {hall  furvhre  amongft  thy  faints* 
thy  praifes  to  refound. 

PS  A  L  M    XXVI. 

lYITHom  fhould  I  fear,  fince  God  to  me- 

W ;    is  faving  health  and  light  ? 
Since  ftrongly  he  my  life  fupports, 

what  can  my  foul  affright  ?  - 
3  With  fierce  intent  my  fiefh  to  tear, 

when  foes  befet  me  round, 
They  {tumbled,  and  their  lofty  crefts 

were  made  to  ftrike  the  ground. 

3  ..Through  him  my  heart  undaunted  dares 

with  numVous  hofts  to  cope  5 
Through  him  in  doubtful  freights  of  war 

far  good  fuecefs  I  hope. 
4 ^Henceforth  within  his  houfe  to  dwell 

I  earneitly  delire  ; 
Kis  wond'rous  beauty  there  to  view,  v 

and  his  blefc  will  enquire. 

£  For  there  may  I  with  comfort  relh,. 

in  times  of  deep  diftrefs  jV 
And  fafe  ?.s  on  a  rock  abide 

in  that  fecure  recefs : 
6  Whilft  God  o'er  all  my  haughty  foes  . 

my  ^ofty  head  fhall  raife  ; 
And  I  my  joyful  ofFrings  bring, 

and  fing  glad  fongs  of  praife.       P  AR1T 


FS  A  L  M    xxvii.  %$ 

PART    II, 

f  Continue,  Lord,  to  hear  my  voice^  . 

whene'er  to  thee  I  cry ; 
In  mercy  all  my  prayers  receive, 

nor  ray  requeft  deny. 
&  When  us,  to  feek  thy  glorious  face 

thou  kindly  doll  advife  •> 
u  Thy  glorious  face  I'll  always  feek,'* 

My  grateful  heart  replies. 

9  Then  hide,  not  thou  thy  face,  0  LordP> 
nor  me  in  wrath  reject.: 

My  God  and  Saviour^  leave  not  him 
thou  didft  fo  oft  protect. 

10  Tho*  all  my  friends  and  nearer):  kin^ 
their  helplefs  charge  forfake  ; 

Yet  thou,  whofe  love  excels  them  all^ 
.wilt  care  and  pity  take.. 

11  InftrucT:  me  in  thy  paths,  O  Lord>, 
my  ways  directly  guide  ; 

lieft  envious  men  who  watch  my  fteps>, 

fhould  fee  me  tread  afide. 
3-2  Lord*  difappoint  my  cruel  foes  ;, 

defeat  their  ill  de^re* 
Whofe  lying  lips,,  and  bloody  hands., 

againft  my  peace  confpire. 

13  I  trufted  that  my  future  life 
fhould  with  thy;  love  be  crown'dj 

0r  elfe  my  fainting. foul  had  funk* 
with  forrow;  compafs'd  round. 

14  God's  time  with  patient  faith  expect.,, 
and  he'll  infpire  thy  breaft 

With  inward  ftrength  ;   do  thou  thy  par t;.. 
and.  leave  to  him  the  reft,' 

ES.ALMl 


4$  PSALM     xxviik 

P  S  A  L  M    XXVIII. 

i/~\  LORD,  my  rock,  to  rhee  I  crfs. 
%<_J   in  figh*  confume  my  breath, 
O  !   anfwer  ;  er  I  (hall  b<  come 
likethofe  that  Jeep  in  death. 

2  Regard  my  fuppUcations,  Lord, 

the  cries  that  I  repeat, 
With  weeping  eyes,  and  lifted  hands* 
before  thy  mercy-feat* 

3  Let  me  efcape  the  finners  doom, 
who  make  a  trade  of  id  ; 

And  ever  fpeak  .  the  perfon  fair, 
whofe  blood  they  me  m  to  ip ill. 

4  According  to  their  crimes  extent 
let  juftice  have  its  courfe  : 

Relentlefs  be  to  them,  as  they 
have  fina'd  without  remoifa. 

5  Since  they  the  works  of  God  defpife* 
nor  will  his  grace  adore, 

His  wrath  mall  utterly  deilrov, 
and  build  them  up  no  more, 

6  But  I,  with  due  acknowledgment,, 
his  praifes  will  refound, 

From  whom  the  cries  of  my  diftrefs 
a  gracious  anfwer  found. 

7, My  heart-  its  counder.ee  repos'd 

in  God  my  fhength  a*nd  ihiield  j 
In  him  I  trufted  and  returned 

triumphant  from  the  field  : 
As  he  has  made  my  joys  complete, 

'tis  juft  that  I  mould  raiJe 
The  chearful  tribute  of  my  thanks, 

and  tkus  refound  his  praife  : 

8  "His 


F  S  A  L  M    xxviii,    xxrx.        $$ 

£  "  His  aiding  powY  fupports  the  tro'ops 

w  that  my  juft  caufe  maintain  ; 
4i  Twas  he  advanc'd  me  to  the  throne, 

t€  'tis  he  fecures  my  reign. 
--9  Preferve  thy  chofe-n,  and  proceed 

thine  heritage  to  bleis, 
With  plenty  profper  them,  in  peace  , 

in  battle,  with  fuccefs. 

PSALM    XXIX. 

■i\7"E  princes  that  in  might  excel, 

\_     Your  grateful  facrifice  prepare  % 
-God's  gLorious  actions  loudly  tell, 
His  wondYons  pow'r  to  all  declare. 

2  To  his  great  name  frefh  altars  raife. 
Devoutly  due  refpeft  afford  ^ 

Him  in  his  holy  temple  praife, 
Where  he's  with  folemn  ftate  ador'do' 

3  Tis  he  that  with  amazing  noife 
The  watr'y  clouds  in  funder  breaks : 
The  ocean  trembles  at  his  voice, 
When  he  from  heav'n  in  thunder  fpeaks, 
4,  5  How  full  of  pow'r  his  voice  appears  1 
With  what  majeftic  terror  crown'd  ! 
Which  from  the  roots  tall  cedars  tears, 
And  ftrews  their  fcatter'd  branches  round, 

6  They,  and  the  hills  on  which  they  grow 
Are  fometimes  hurried  far  away  5 
And  leap  like  hinds  that  bounding  go, 

-Or  unicorn?  in  youthful  play. 
7,  8  When  God  in  thunder  loudly  fpeaks* 
And  fcatter'd  flames  of  lightning  fends, 
The  foreft  nods,  the  defart  quakes, 
And  ftubbora  Kadefh  lowly  beads. 

oH* 


^8         PSALM    xxlx,    $xx. 

$  He  makes  the  hinds  to  caft  their  young, 
And  lays  the  beafts  dark  coverts  bare  \ 
"While  thofe  that  to  his  courts  belong, 
Securely  ting  his  praifes  there. 
10,  ii   God  rules  the  angry  floods  on  highs 
His  boundlefs  fway  Ihall  never  ceafe  : 
His  people  he'll  with  ftreugth  fupply, 
And  blefs  his  own  with  conftant  peace. 

PSALM     XXX. 

1  T  'LL  celebrate  thy  praifes,  Lord, 

_£_    who  did'ft  thy  pow'r  employ, 
To  raife  my  drooping  head,  and  check 

my  foes  infnlting  joy. 
2,  3  In  my  diftrefs  I  cry'd  to  thee, 

who  kindly  did'ft  relieve, 
And  from  the  grave's  expecting  jaws 

my  hopelefs  life  retrieve. 

-4  Thus  to  his  courts,  ye  faints  of  his, 

with  fongs  of  praife  repair  ; 
With  me  commemorate  :his  truth, 

and  providential  care. 

5  His  wrath  has  but  a  moments  reign  », 
his  favor  no  decay  : 

Your  night  of  grief  is  recompensed 
with  joys  returning  day. 

6  But  I,  in  profp'rous  days,  prefum'd  * 
no  fudden  change  I  fear'd  : 

Whilftin  my  fun-fhine  of  fuccefs 
no  low'ring  cloud  appear'd. 

7  But  foon  I  found  thy  favour,  Lord, 
my  empire's  only  truft ; 

for  when  thou  hid'ft  thy  face,  I  favv 
iny  honour  laid  in  duft. 

8Th€ft 


PSALM    xxx,  xxxi;.         49 

8  Th:n,  as  I  vainly  had  prefum'd, 

my  error  I  confefs'd  j 
And  thus  with  fupplicating  voice 

thy  mercy's  throne  addrefs'd  ; 
p  "   What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood, 

"  congeat'd  by  death's  -cold  night  ? 
u  Can  filent  afhes  fpeak  thy  praife, 

*f.  thy  wond'rous  truth  recite  ? 

lo  <c  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  in  mercy  hear  $ 

<€  thy  wonted  aid  extend  : 
<l  Do  thou  fend  help,  on  whom   alone 

"  I  can  for  help  depend." 
ii  Tis  done  J  thou  haft  my  mournfulfcene 

to  fongs  and  dancing  turn'd  ? 
Inverted  me  in  robes   of  ftate, 

who  late  in  fack- cloth  mourn'd. 

12  Exalted  thus,  I'll  gladly  fing 

thy  praife  in  grateful  verfe  ; 
And,  as  thy  favours  endlefs  are, 

thy  endlefs  praife  rehearfe.  . 

PSALM    xxxr. 

iT\EFEND  me,  Lord,  from  fhamc  ■: 
JLJ?       for  ftill  I  truft  in  thee  : 
As  juft  and  righteous  is  thy  name, 
from  danger  fet  me  free. 

2  Bow  down  thy  gracious  ear, 
and  fpeedy  fuccour  fend  : 

Do  thou  my  ftedfaft  rock   appear, 
to  fhelter  and  defend. 

3  Since  thou  when  foes  opprefs^ 
my  rock  and  fortrefs   art 

To  guide  me  forth  from  this  diflreis, 
shy  wonted  help  impart. 

E  4  Releafe 


30  PSALM    xxxi. 

4  Releafe  mc  from  the  fnare 
which  they  have  clofely  laid  ; 

Since  I,  O  God,  my  fhength,  repair 
Co  thee  alone  for  aid. 

5  To  thee,   the  God  of  truth, 
my  life,  and  all  that's  mine. 

(For  thou  preferv'ft  me  from  my  youth) 
I  willingly  refign. 

6  All  vain  deiigns  I  hate, 
of  thofe  that  truft  in  lies  : 

And  ftilj  my  foul  in  ev'ry  flate, 
io  God  for  fuccour  flies. 

PART      IT. 

7  Thofe  mercies  thou  hall  fhown, 
I'll  chearfully  exprefs  ; 

For  thou  haft  leen  my  ftraits  and  known 
my  foul  in  deep  diftrefs. 

8  When  Keliah's  treath'rous  race 
did  all  my  ftrength  inclofe, 

Thou  gavVt  my  feet  a  larger  fpace, 
to  fhun  my  watchful  foes. 

9  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  difplay, 
and  hear  my  juft  complaint  *, 

For  both  my  foul  and  flefh  decay, 

with  grief  and  hunger  faint. 

io  Sad  thoughts  my  life  opprefs  ; 

my  years  are  fpent  in  groans  ; 
My  fins  have  made  my  itrength  decreafe, 

and  ev'n  confum'd  my  bones. 

i 1   My  foes  my  fuff 'rings  mock'd  ; 
my  neighbours  did  upbraid  ; 
My  friends,  at  fight   of   me,  were  fliock^d, 
and  £cd,  ss  men  difmay'd. 

12  Forfook 

i 


PSALM     xxxk  5* 

2  2  Forfook  by  all  am  I, 
as  dead,  and  out  of  mind   ; 
And,  like  a  fhatter  d  veiTel  lie, 
whofe  parts  can  ne'er  be  join'd. 

13  Yetfland'rous  words  they  fpeak^ 
and  feem  my  pow'r  to  dread: 

Whiift  they  together  counfel  take, 
my  guiltlefs  blood  to  med. 

14  Butftillmy   ftedfaft  truft, 
I  on  thy  help  repofe  : 

That  thou,  my  God,  art  good  and  jufi,' 
my  foul  with  comfort  knows. 

FART    III. 

15  Whate'er  events  betide, 
thy  wifdom  times  them  all  : 

Then,  Lord,  ihy  fervant  fafely  hide 
from  thofe  that   feek  his   fall. 

16  The  brightnefs  of  thy  face, 
to  mer  O  Lord,   difclofe  ; 

And  as  thy  mercies  frill  increafe, 
preferve  me  from  my  foes. 

17  Me  from  difhonour  fave, 
who  ftill  have  call'd   on  thee  j 

Let  that,  and  filence  in  the  grave, 
the  finner's   portion  be. 

18  Do  thou  thefr  tongues  reftrain  § 
whofe  breath  in  lies  is  fpent  5 

Who  falfe  reports  with  prGud  difdain,' 
againft  the  righteous   vent. 

19  How  great  thy  mercies   are 
to  (iach  as  fear  thy   name  ; 

Which  thou,  for  thofe  that  truft  thy  care/ 
doft  to  the  world   proclaim  i       i 

E  2  zo  Thcu 


-5:        PSALM    xxxi,  xxx • :'. 

.  20  Thou  keep'ft  them  in  thy  fight,, 
from  proud  opp'reffors  free  ; 
From  tongues  that  do  in  ft  rife  delight, 
they  are  preferv'd  by  thee. 

21  With  glory  and  renown 
Gcd's  name  be  ever  blefs'd  \ 

Whofe  iove  in  Keilah's  well-fenc'd  town 
was  wondVoufly  exprefs'd  ; 

22  I  fold,  in  hafty  flight, 

<(  I'm  baniflvd  from  thine  eyes  ; 
€{  Yet  ftill  thou  keeper,  me  in  thy  fight^ 
"  and  heard  my  earneft  cries." 

23  O!  all  ye  faints,  the  Lord 
with  eager  love  purfue  ; 

Who  to  the  juft  will  help  afford, 
and  give  the  proud  their  due. 

24  Ye  that  on  God  rely, 
couragioufly  proceed  ; 

For  he  will  yet  your  hearts  fupply 
with  ftrength,  in  time  of  need. 

PSALM    XXXII. 

HE'sbleft, whofe  fins  have  pardon  gain'd, 
No  more  in  judgment  to  appear  y 

2  Whofe  guilt  remiflion  has  obtain'd, 
And  whofe  repentance  is  fincere. 

3  While  I  conceaPd  the  freting  fore, 
My  bones  confum'd  with  grief; 

All  day  did  I  with  anguifh  roar  ; 
But  no  complain  is  affuag'd  my  grief: 

4  Heavy  on  me  thy  hand  remain'd, 
By  day  and  night  alike  diftrefs'd; 
Till  quite  of  vital  moifture  drain'd, 
Like  land  with  fu miner's  drought  opprefs'd. 

5  No 


PSALM    xxxil,  xxxin.         53 

a  No  fooner  I  my  wound  difclos'd, 
The  guilt  that  tortur'd  me  within, 
But,  thy  forgivenefs  interpos'd, 
And  mercy's  healing  balm  pour'd  in. 

6  True  penitents  mail  thus  fucceed, 
Who  feek  thee  while  thou  may'ft  be  found3 
And,  from  the  common  deluge  freed, 
Shall  fee  remorfelefs  finners  drown'd. 

7  Thy  favour,  Lord,  in  all  diftrefe, 
My  tow'r  of  refuge  I  mufi:  own  : 
Thou  {halt  my  haughty  foes  fupprefs, 
And  me  with  fongs  of  triumph  crown. 

8  In  my  infraction  then  confide, 

You  that  would  truth's  fafe  path  defcry  \ 
Your  progrefs  I'll  fecurely  guide, 
And  keep  you  in  my  watchful  eye. 

9  Submit  yourfelves  to  wLfdom's  rule, 
Like  men  that  reafon  have  attained  ; 
Not  like  th*  ungovern'd  horfe  and  mule,1 
Whofe  fury  muil  be  curb'd  and  rein'd. 

10  Sorrows,  on  forrows  multiply'd, 
The  harden'd  {inner  fh'*l!  confound  : 
But  them  who  in  his  truth  confide, 
Bieilings  of  mercy  mail  furround. 

1 1  His  faints,  that  have  perform'd  his  laws| 
Their  life  in  triumph's  ihail  employ; 

Let  them  (as  they  alone  have  caufe) 
In  grateful  raptures  ihout  for  joy. 

P  S  A  L  M      XXXIII.  ' 

1  T    *E  T  all  the  juft  to  God  with  joy 
JLj    their  chearful  voices  raife  ; 

For  well  the  righteous  it  becomes 
to  fing  glad  Tongs  of  praife. 

E  3  a,  3  Let 


54 


PSALM    xxxtt 


2,  3  Let  harps  and  pfalteries,   and  lute% 

in  joyful  concert  meet  ; 
And  new-made  fongs  of  loud  applaufe 

the  harmony  complete. 

4,  5  For  faithful  is  the  word  of  God  ;. 

his  works  with  truth  abound  : 
Ke  juftice  loves.;  and  all  the  earth 

is  with,  his  goodnefs  crown'd. 

6  By  his  almighty  word,  at   firft, 
heav'n's  glorious  arch  was  rear'd  ; 

And  all  the  beauteous  hofts  of  light,, 
st  his.  command  appear'd. 

7  The  fwelling  floods  together  roll'd,, 
he  makes  in  heaps  to  lie  ; 

And  lays,  as  in  a  ftore-houfe  fafs,  . 

the  wat'ry  treafures  by. 
3,  o  I^et  earth  and  all  that  dwell  therein^ 

before  him  trembling  ftand: 
For,  when  he  fpake  the  word,  'twas  made  y 

'twas  iix'd.at  his  command. 

10  He-,  when  the  heathen  clofelyplot, 

their  counfels  undermines  : 
Hiswifdom  ineffectual  makes 

the  people's  rain  defigns.. 
j  1  Whate'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees, 

ihail  ftand  forever  fare  ; 
The  fettled  purpofe  of  his  heart 

to  ages  fhall  endure, 

PART    it; 

12  How  happy  then  are  they,  to  whom 

the  Lord  for  God  is  known  ! 
Whom  he,  from  all  the  world  befldes, 
4ias  chofea  for  his  own. 

13,  14, 15  He 


PSALM   xxxiii,  xxxi?*  5*1 

M  3,  14,  i>   He  all  the  nations  of  the  earthy 
from  heav'n,  his  throne,  i urvey'd : 

He  faw  their  works,  and  view'd  their  tho'ts^ 
by  him  their  hearts  were  made. 

16,  17  No  king  is  fafe  by  num'rous  hofls  § 

their  ftrength  the  ftrong  deceives  ; 
No  manag'd  horfe,  by  force  or  fpeed, 

his  warlike  rider  laves. 
S  8,  1 9  * Tis  God,  who  thofe  that  truft  in  hira> 

behold^with  gracious  eyes  : 
He  frees  their  foul  from  death  j  their  want, 

in  time  of  dearth,  fupplies. 

20,  2 1  Our  foul  on  God  with  patience  wai^ 

our  help  and  fhield  is  he  i 
'Then,  Lord,  let  ftill  our  hearts  rejoice, 

becaufe  we  truft  in  thee. 
22  The  riehes-of  thy  mercy,  Lord, 

do  thou  to  us  extend  ; 
Since  we,  for  all  we  want  or  wifh, 

on  thee  alone  depend* 

P  S  A  L  M    XXXIV. 

2r"|  ^HRO'  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  lii&> 

I       in  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praifes -of  my.  God'fhall  {till 

my  heart  and  tongue  emp!oy. 
£  Of  his  deliv'rance  I  will  boaft, 

'till  ali  that  are  diftreft, 
From  my  example  comfort  take, 

and  charm  their  griefs  to  reft. . 

3  Ol  magnify  the  Lord  with  me3 
with  me  exalt  his  name  : 

4  When  in  diftrefs  to  him  I  call'dy. 
he  to  my  refcue  came. 

.5  Theft- 


r6  PS  A  L  M    xxxiv. 

fi 

5  Their  drooping  hearts  were  fooa  refrefYcL 

who  look' J  to  him  for  aid  : 
DehVd  fucccfs  in  ev'ry  face 
a  chearful  air  drfpiay'd  : 

6  {C  Bhold  (fay  they)  behold  the  many 
<{   whom  Providence;  reliev'd  ; 

«<  So  dangVoufly  with  woes  befet, 

"  fo  wond'roufly  retrieved  !" 
1  The  hofts  of  God  encamp  around 

the  dwellings  of  the  juft  ; 
Deiiv'rance  he  affords  to  all 

who  on  his  fuccour  truft. 

5  O  !  make  but  trial  of  his  love, 

experience  will  decide 
How  bteft  they  are,  and  only  they, 

who  in  his  truth  confide. 
q  Fear  him,  ye  faints,  and  you  will  therr 

have  nothing  elfe  to  fear  : 
Make  you  his  lervice  your  delight  y 

he'll  make  your  wants  his  care. 

io  While  hungry  lions  lack  their  prejj 
•    the  Lord  will  food  provide 
For  fuch  as  put  their  truft  in  him, 
and  fee  their  needs  fupply'd. 

P  A  R  T    II. 

Z  i    Approach,  ye  piouny  difpos'u^ 

and  my  inftrucYion  hear  ; 
I'll  teach  you  the  true   difcipline 

of  his  religious  fear.  - 

12  Let  him.  who  length  of  life  denres, 
and  proip'rous  days  would  fee, 

13  Fromfland'ring  language  keep  his  tongue, 
h is. lips  from  falfhood  free. 

14*  Th? 


PSALM    xxxiv,  xxxv.        57 

24  The  crocked  paths  of  vice  decline, 

and  virtue's  ways-purfue  j 
Eftablifh  peace  where  'tis  begun  ; 

and  where  'tis  loft,  renew. 

15  The  Lord  from  heav'n  beholds  the  jul% 
with  favourable  eyes  ; 

And  when  diftrefs'dj  his  gracious  ear 
is  open  to  their  cries  :  - 

16  But  turns  his  wrathful  look  on  thofe^ 
whom  mercy  can't  reclaim, 

To  cut  them  06%  and  from  the  earth 
blot  out  his  hated  name. 

17  Deliv'rance  to  his  faints  he  gives, 
when  his  relief  they  crave  : 

18  He's  nigh  to  heal  the  broken  hearty 
and  contrite  fpirk  fave. 

19  The  wicked  oft,  but  ftill  in  vain> 
againft  thejuft   confpire  : 

20  For,  under  their  afflictions  weighty 
he  keeps  their  bones  intire.  • 

21  The  wicked,  from  their  wicked  arts, 
their  ruin  fhall  derive  j 

Whilft  righteous  men,  whom  they  detefty 
fhall  them  and  theirs  furvive. 

22  For  Qpd  preferves  the  fouls  of  thofejj 
who  on  his  truth  depend  : 

To  them  and  their  pofterity, 
his  bleffings  fhall  defcend. 

PSA  L,M    XXXV. 

2    A    Gamft  all  thofe  that  ft  rive  with  me* 

jljl  O  Lord,  afiert  my  right  ; 
"With  inch  as  war  unjuftly  wage, 
do  thou  my  battles  light. 

2  Thy- 


53  PSALM   xxxv. 

2  Thy  buckler  take  and  bind  thy  fhield 
upon  thy  warlike  arm  : 

Stand  up>  my  God,  in  my  defence  °, 
and  keep  me  fafe  from  harm. 

3  Bring  forth  thy  fpear,  and  {top  their  courfe 

that  hafte  my  blood  to  fpiil  : 
Say  to  my  foul,  M  I  am  thy  health, 
u  and  will  preferve  thee  (till." 

4  Let  them  with  fhame  be  cover'd  o'er, 
who  my  deftruction  fought : 

And  fuch  as  did  my  harm  devife, 
be  to  confufion  brought. 

5  Then  fhall  they  fly  difpers'd  like  chaff* 
before  ths  driving  wind  ; 

God's  vengeful  minifters  of  wrath. 
fhall  follow  clofe  behind. 

6  And,  when  thro*  dark  and  flippVy  ways^ 
they  ftrive  his  rage  to  fhun, 

His  vengeful  minifters  of  wrath 
fhall  guard  them,  as  they  run. 

7  Since,  unprovok'dby  any  wrong, 
they  hid  their  treach'rous  fnare  > 

And  for  my  harmlels  foul  a  pit, 
did  without  caufe  prepare  ; 

8  SurprizM  by  mifchiefs  unforefeen,, 
by  their  own  arts  betray'd, 

Their  feet  fhall  fall  into  the  net, 
which  they  for  me  have  laid. 

9  Whilll  my  glad  foul  fhall   God's-  great 
for  this  deliv'rance  blefs  ;  (name 

And,  by  his  faving  health  fecur'd, 
its  grateful  joy  exprefs. 

io  My 


PSALM   xxxv.  59 

10  My  very  bones  (hall  fay,  "  O  Lord, 
Ci  who  can  compare  with  thee? 

u  Who  fett'ft  the  poor  and  helplefs  man 
%  Xi  from  flrong  oppreffors  free." 

PART    II. 

1 1  FaTe  witnefles,  with  forg'd  complaints,* 
againft  my  truth  combin'd  ; 

And  to  my  charge  fuch  things  they  laid, 
as  I  had  ne'er  defign'd. 

12  The  good  which  I  to  them  had  done, 
with  evil  they  repaid  ; 

And  did  by  malice  undefervM 
my  harmlefs  life  invade. 

13  But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  Hck, 
I  (till  in  fack-cloth  mourn'd  ; 

I  prayM  and  fafted,  and  my  pray'r 
to  my  own  breaft  returned, 

14  Had  they  my  friends  or  brethren  been, 
I  could  have  done  no  more  ; 

Nor  with  more  decent  figns  of  grief 
a  mother's  lofs  deplore. 

15  How  different  did  their  carriage  prove, 
in  times  of  my  diftrefs  \ 

When  they,  in  crouds  together  met, 

did  favage  joy  exprefs. 
The  rabble  too,  in  numVous  throng6, 

by  their  example,  came  ; 
And  ceas'd  not  with  reviling  words, 

to  wound  my  fpotiefs  fame, 

16  Scoffers  that  noble  tables  haunt, 
•  and  earn  their  bread  with  lies, 

Did  gnafh  their  teeth,  and  ilandVous  jefls  , 
j:r*alicioufiy  dQ^'ify 

1?  But 


6o  if  5   A  i.  M     xxxv. 

17  But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  on? 
on  my  behalf  appear  ; 

And  fave  my  guiltleis  foul,  which  they 
like  rav'ning  beafts  would  tear. 

PART    III. 

18  So  I,  before  the  kft'ning  world, 
fhall  grateful  thanks  expiefs  \ " 

And  where  the  great  affembly  meets, 
thy  name  with  praifes  blefs, 

19  Lord,  fuffer  not  my  caufelefs  foes, 
who  me  unjuftly  hate, 

UVith  open  joy,  or  fecret  figns, 
to  mock  my  fad  eftate. 

20  For  they,  with  hearts  averfe  to  peace, 
induftrioufly  devife, 

Againft  the  men  of  quiet  minds, 
to  forge  malicious  lies. 

21  Nor  with  thefe  private  arts  content, 
aloud  they  vent  their  fpite, 

And  fay,   "  at  laft  we  found  him  out  j 
"  he  did  it  in  our  fight." 

22  But  thou  who  doft  both  them  and  me 
with  righteous  eyes  furvey, 

Afiert  my  innocence,  O  Lord, 
and  keep  not  far  away. 

23  Stir  up  thyfelf  in  my  behalf, 
to  judgment  Lord,  awake  ; 

Thy  righteous  fervant's  caufe,  O  God, 
to  thy  decifion  take. 

24  Lord  as  my  heart  has  upright  wbeen, 
let  me  thy  juftice  find  ; 

Nor  let  my  cruel  foes  obtain 
the  triumph  they  defign'd. 

25  Q 


PSALM    xxxv,  xxx vL        61 

25  O  !  let  them  not  amongft  themfelves, 
in  boafting  language  fay, 

"  At  length  our  wimes  are  complete  5 
.«  at  laft  he's  made  our  prey." 

26  Let  fuch  as  in  my  harm  rejoic'd, 
for  fhame  their  faces  hide  •, 

And  foul  dishonour  wait  on  thofe,    , 
that  proudly  me  defy'd  : 

27  Whilft  they  with  chearful  voices  fliOUt* 
who  my  juft  caufe  befriend  ; 

And  blefs  the  Lord,  who  loves  to  make 
fuccefs  his  faints  attend. 

28  So  mall  my  tongue  thy  judgments  fing; 
infpir'd  with  grateful  joy  \ 

And  chearful  hymns,  in  praife  of  thee 
ihall  all  my  days  employ. 

PSALM     XXXVI. 

1  "\  /jf  Y  crafty  foe,  with  fiatt'ring  art, 
xVJL  His  wicked  purpofe  would  difguife3 

But  reaion  whifpers  to  my  heart, 
No  fear  of  God's  before  his  eyes. 

2  He  fooths  himfelf,  retir'd  from  fight  5 
Secure  he  thinks  his  treach'rous  game  : 
Till  his  dark  plots,  expos'd  to  light, 
Their  falfe  contriver  brand  with  fhame 

3  In  deeds  he  is  my  foe  confefs'd, 
Whilft  with  his  tongue  he  fpeaks  me  fair  9 
True  wifdom's  banifh'd  from  his  bread  \ 
And  vice  has  fole  dominion  there. 

4  His  wakeful  malice  fpends  the  night 
In  forging  his  accurs'd  defigns  ; 

His  obftinate,  ungen'rous  fpite 
No  execrable  means  declines. 

F  j  But 


«fa     PSALM     xxxvi,    xxxvii. 

5  But,  Lord,  thy  mercy,  my  fare  hope, 
The  higheft  orb  .of  heav'n  tranfcends  ', 
Thy  facred  truth's  unmeafur'd  fcope 
Beyond  the  fpreading  ikies  extends. 

6  Th<y  juftice  like  the  hills  remains  ; 
Unfathom'd  depths  thy  judgments  are  5 
Thy  providence  the  world  fuftains  ; 

"The  whole  creation  is  thy  care. 

7  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  partake, 
With  what  aiTu  ranee  fhould  the  julr. 
Thy  fhelt'ring  wings  their  refuge  make, 
And  faints  to  thy  protection  truft  ! 

8  Such  guefts  fhall  to  thy  courts  be  led, 
To  banquet  on  thy  love's  repaft  : 

And  drink  as  from  a  fountain's  head, 
Of  joys  that  mail  for  ever  laft. 

■9  With  thee  the  fprings  of  life  remain  ; 
Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day  : 
jo  O!  let  thy  faints  thy  favour  gain, 
"To  upright  hearts  thy  truth  difplay. 

1 1  Whilft  pride's  in  fairing  foot  would  fpurn, 
And  wicked  hands  my  lite  furprife  ; 

12  Their  mifchiefs  on  themfelves  return; 
Down,  down  they're  falFn,  no  more  to  rife. 

PSALM    XXXVII. 

jf  a  ^HO'  wicked  men  grow  rich  or  great, 
1       Yet  let  not  their  fuccefsful  ftate 
Thy  anger,   or  thy  envy,  raife  ; 
'2  For  they,  cut  down,  like  tend  sr  grafs, 
Or  like  young  flowV-s,  away  fhall  pafs, 
Whole  blooming  beauty  foon  decays. 

3  Depend 


P  S:  A  L  M    xxxviu  % 

tf  Depend  on  God,  and  him  obey  j 
So  thou  within  the  land  fhalt  ftay, 
Secure  From  danger  and  from  want: 

4  Make  his  commands  thy  chief  delight^ 
And  he^  thy  duty  to  requite, 

Shall  all  thy  earneft  wifhes  grant. 

5  In  all  thy  ways  truft  thou  the  Lord* 
And  he  will  needful  help  afford, 

To  perfect  evyry  juft  defign  -9 

6  He'll  make,  like   light,  ferene  and  clear^ 
Thy  clouded  innocence  appear, 

And  as  a  mid-day  fun  to  fhine. 

j  With  quiet  mind  on  God  depend. 
And  patiently  for  him  attend, 

Nor  let  thy  anger  fondly  rife, 
Though  wicked  men  with  wealth  abound> 
And  with  fuccefs  the  plots  are  crown/d^ 

Which  they  malicioufly  devife. 

8  From  anger  ceafe,  and  wrath  forfake  y 
Let  no  ungovern'd  paffion  make 

Thy  wavVing  heart  efpoufe  their  crime  ; 
q  For  God  Ihall  finful  men  deftroy  -, 
Whilft  Only  they  the  land  enjoy, 
Who  truft  in  him  and  wait  his  time. 

io  How  foon  ihall  wicked  men  decay  I 
Their  place  (hall  vanifh  quite  away> 
Nor  by  the  ftricteft  fearch  be  found  ; 

11  Whilft  humble  fouls  poiTefs  the  earthy 
Eejoicing  ftill  with  godly  mirth, 

With  peace  and  plenty  always  crowned, 

PART    II. 

12  While  finful  crouds,  with  falfe  defign, 
Againft  the  righteous  few  combine, 

Fa  And 


64  PS  AL  M     xxxvii. 

And  gnafh  their  teeth  and  threatening  ftand;. 

13  God  fhall  their  empty  plots  deride, 
And  laugh  at  their  defeated  pride  : 

He  fees  their  ruin  near  at  hand. 

14  They  draw  the  fword,  and  bend  the  bow, 
The  poor  and  needy  to  o'erthrow, 

And  men  of  upright  lives  to  flay: 

1 5  But  their  ftrong  bows  fhall  foon  be  broke  j 
Their  fharpen'd  weapon's  mortal   ftroke 

Thro*  their  own  hearts  fhall  force  its  way, 

16  A  little,  with  God's  favour  bleft, 
That's  by  one  righteous  man  pofTcfs'd, 

The  wealth  of  many  bad  excells  : 

17  For  God  fupports   the  juft  man's  caufe  ; 
But,  as  for  thofe  that  break  his  laws, 

Their  unfuccelsful  povv'r  he  quells. 

18  His  conftant  care  the  upright  guides, 
And  over  all  their  life  preiides  ; 

Their  portion  fhall  for  ever  laft  : 
loThey,  when  diftrefso'erwhelms  the  earth, 
Shall  be  unmov'd,  and  ev'n  in  dearth 

The  happy  fruits  of  plenty  tafte. 

20  Not  fo  the  wicked  men,  and  thofe 
"Who  proudly  dare  God's  will  oppofe  : 

Deftruciion  is  their  haplefs  fhare  : 
Like   fat  of  lambs  their  hopes  and  they, 
Shall  in  an  inftant  melt  away, 

And  vaniih  into  fmoke  and  air. 

PART    III. 

2 1  While  finners  brought  to  fad  decay, 
Still  borrow  on  and  never  pay, 

The  juft  have  will  and  powV  to  give  ; 

22  For 


PSALM      xxxvif,  5| 

22  For  fuch  as  God  vouchfafes  to  blefs, 
Shall  peaceably  the  earth  pofTefs,  . 

And  thofe  he  curfes  fhall  not  live. 

23  The  good  man's  way  is  God's  delight^ 
He  orders  all  the  ft^ps  aright, 

Of  him  that  moves  by  his  commands 

24  Tho'  he  may  bs  fometimts  diftreft, 
Yet  Chill  he  ne'er  be  quite  oppreft, 

Fjr  God  upholds  him  with  his  hand. 

25  From  my  firft  youth,  'till  age  prevail'dj. 
I  never  Taw  the  righteous  rail'd 

Or  want  overtake  his  numYous  race  \ 
16  Bccaufe  compaflion  fi'l'd  his  heart, 
Ani  he  did  chearfu^y  impart, 
God  made  his  offspring's  wealth  increafe; 

27  With  caution  (bun  each  wicked  deed, 
In  virtue's  ways  with  zeal  proceed, 

And  lb  prolong  your  happy  days  : 

28  For  God  who  judgment  loves,  does  fli!3 
Preferve  his  faints  fecure  from  ill, 

While  foon  the  wicked  race  decays, 

20,  30,31  The  upright  fliall. poflefs  the  lane? 
His  portion  mall  for  ages  fraud  ; 

His  mouth  with  wifdom  is  fupply'd, 
His  tongue  by  rules  of  judgment  moveSj     \ 
His  heart  the  law  of  God   approves  % 

Therefore  his  footfteps  never  Aide, 

PART     IV. 

32  In  wait  the  watchful  flnner  lies-, 
In  vain  the  righteous  to  furprize, 
In  vain,  his  ruin  does  decree  1 

F  3  33  G&* 


«6'5      PSALM    xxxvii,  xxxviif. 

3-3  God  will  not  him  defencelefs  leave 
To  his  revenge  expos'd,  but  favej  . 

And  when  he's  fentene'd,  fet  him  free. 

*r34  Wait  ftill  on- God  ;-  keep  his  command^ 
And  thou,  exalted  in  the  land, 

Thy  bleft  pofleffion  ne'er  ihall  quit-;  ' 
The  wicked  loon  deitroy'd  ihall  be, 
And  at  his  difmal  tragedy 

Thou  ihalt  a  fafe  ipectator  fit.- 

I35  The  wicked  I  in  pow'r  have  {ben* 
And  like  a  bay  tree,  frefh  and  green, 

That  fpreads  its  pleafant  branches  round  s 
^6-  But  he  was  gone  as  hvi-t  as  thought, 
Jind  though  in  evry  place  I  fought, 
No  figu  or  track  of  him  I  found. 

^7-Obferve  the  nerfeft.  man  with  care5 
And  mark  all  fuch  as  upright  are  j 

Their  rougheft, days  in  peace; .ihall  end: 
?33  While  on  the  latter  end  of  thofe, 
"Who  dare  God's  facred  will  oppofe, 

AiCommon  ruin  ihall  attend. 

39  God  to  thejufl  will  aid  afford: 
Their  only  fafeguard  is  the  Lord  i, 

Their  ftrength,  in  time  of  need,  is  he  ; 

40  Becaufe  on  him  they  ftill  depend, 
The  Lord  will  timely  faccour  fend, 

And  from  the  wicked  fet  thern  free;- 

PSALM    XXXVIII. 

TH  Y  chaft'n i ng  wrath ,  O  Lord,  reilrain, 
tho'   I  deferve  it   all ; 
Nor  Jet  at  once  on  me  the  ftorca 
$f  thy  difpleafure  fall* 

a  In 


PSALM    xxxvlii..  $t 

Z~  5n  ev'ry  wretched  part  of  me 

thy  arr  ws  detp  remain  ; 
Thy  heavy  hand's  afflicting  weighs-  s 

I  can  no  more  iuftam. 

j  My  flefh  is  one  continued  wound j 

thy  wrath  ib  fiercely  glows  5 
Betwixt  my.punifhment  and  guil&3 

my  bones  have  no  repofe. 

4  My  fins  which  to  a  deluge  fwellj , 
my  finking  head  o'erflow  ; .. 

And,  for  my  feebl&  ftrength  to  beary, 
too  van:  a  burden  grow, 

5  Stench  and  corruption  fill,  my  wounds^  , 
my  folly's  juft  return  : 

6  With  trouble  I  am  warp'd  and  bow'd^ 
and  all  day  long  I  mourn. 

*j  A  loath'd  difeafe  afflicts  my  loins,- . 

infecting  ev'ry  part ; 
8  JW^h  ficknefs  worn,  I  groan  and  roar^ , 

through  anguifh.  of  my  heart. 

P  AR^    IE 

9.  But,  Lord,  before  thy  fearehmg  eyes 

all  mj  defires  appear  ; 
And,  fure,  my  groans  have  been  too  laud:>\ 

not  to  hav^  reach 'd  thine  ear. 

I  o. My  heart's  opprefs'd,  my  itrength  decsy'd. , 

my  eyes  depriv'd  of  light  • 

II  Friends,  lovers,  kinimen  gaze  aloof 
on  iuch  a  difmal  fight. 

12  Mean  while,,  the, foes  thatfeek  my<life^ 

their  fnares  to  take  me  fet ; 
Vent  flanders,  and  contrive  all  day 

to  forge  fe-xae  new  deceit. 

13  Bur 


*3       PSALM     xxxviii,  xxxix 


: 


13  But  I,  as  if  both  deaf  and  dumb, 
nor  heard,  nor  cnce  rephM ; 

14  Quite  deaf  and  dumb,  like  one  whofe 
with  confcious  guilt  is  ty'd.  (tongue 

15  For,  Lord,  to  thee  I  do  appeal, 
my  innocence  to  clear  •, 

AfTur'd  that  thou,  the  righteous  God, 
my  injur'd  caufe  wilt  hear. 

16  "  Hear  mo,"  faid  I,  "  left  my  proud.foes 
"  a  fpitefui  joy  difplay  ; 

"  Infuhing,  if  they  fee  my  foot 
"  but  once  to  go  a'tray." 

1 7  And  with  continu'd  grief  opprefs'd, 
to  fink  I  now  begin, 

18  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  will  confefs, 
to  thee  bewail  my  fin. 

19  But  wlillt  I  languifh,  my  proud  foes- 
their  ftrength  and  vigour  boaft  ; 

And  they  who  hate  me  without  caufe, 
are  grown  a  dreadful  holt. 

20  Ev'n  they  whom  loblig'd  return 
my  kindnefs  with  defpite  ; 

And  are.  my  tnemies,  becaufe 
I  choevfe  the  path  thar's  right. 

21  Forfake  not  me,  G  Lord  my  God, 
nor  far  from  me  depart ; 

22  Make  hafte  to  my  relief,  O  thou, 
who  my  falvation  art. 

PSA  L.M    XXXIX. 

fir)  Esolv'd  to  watch  o'er  all  my  ways, 

JT^  I  kept  my  tongue  in  awe  * 
1  curbVJ  my  hafty  words,  when  I 
the  profp'rous  wicked  fawf 

2  Like 


PSALM    xxxix,  %l. 

2  Like  one  that's  dumb,  I  filent  ftood, 
and  did  my  tongue^re^rain 

From  good  difcourfe  :  but  that  reftramt 
increas'd  my  inward  pain. 

3  My  heart  did  glow,  which  working  tho'ts 
did  hot  and  reftiefs  make  ; 

And  warm  reflections  fann'd  the  fire, 
and  thus  at  length  I  fpake  : 

4  Lord,  let  me  know  my  term  of  days> 
how  foon  my  life  will  end  : 

The  numVous  train  of  ills  difclofe, 
which  this  frail  flate  attend. 

5  My  life,  thou  know'ft,  is  but  a  fpan  % 
a  cypher  fums  my  years  \ 

And  ev'ry  man,  in  befl  eiiate, 
but  vanity  appears. 

6  Man,  like  a  fhadow,  vainly  walk% 
with  fruitlefs  cares  opprefs'd  : 

He  heaps  up  wealth,  but  cannot  tell 
by  whom  'twill  be  pofTefs'd. 

7  Why  then   fhould  I  on  worthlefs  toy% 
with  anxious  care,  attend  ? 

On  thee  alone  my  ftedfaft  hope 

fhall  ever,  Lord,  depend. 
8,  9  Forgive  my  fins  ;  nor  let  me  fcorn'd 

by  foolifh  finners  be  ; 
For  I  was  dumb,  and  murmur'd  not, 

becaufe  'twas  done  by  thee. 

io  The  dreadful  burden  of  thy  wrath 

in  mercy  foon  remove  ; 
Left  my  frail  flefh  too  weak  to  bear 

the  heavy  load  fhould  prove. 

1 1  Fotf- 


7o         PS  AL  M    xxxix,    xt. 

ii  For  when  thou  chafTncft  man  for  fin* 

thou  mak'ft  his  beauty  fade 
(So  vain  a  thing,  is  he  !')  like  cloth 

by  fretting  moths  decay 'd. 

12  Lord,  hear  my  cry,  accept  my  tears,, 

and  liften  to  my  pray'iy 
Who  fojourn  like  a  Granger  here, 

as  all  my  fathers  were. 
23  O  f  fpare  me  yet  a  little  time  » 

my  wafted  ftrength  reftore, 
Before  I  vanifh  quite  from  hence,,, 

and  fhall  be  feen  no  more. 

PSALM    XL. 

Waited  meekly  for  the  Lord, 
Till  he  vouchfaf 'd  a  kind  reply  ; 
Who  did  his  gracious  ear  afford, 
And  heard  from  heav'n  my  humble  cry* 

2  He  took  me  from  the  difmal  pit, 
When  founderM  deep  in  miry  clay  ; 
On  folid  ground  he  plac'd  my  feet, 
And  fuffer'd  not  my  fteps  to  ftray. 

3  The  wonders  he  for  me  has  wrought, 
bhall  fill  my  mouth  with  fongs  of  praife  ; 
And  ethers,  to  his  worfhip  brought, 

To  hopes  of  like  deliv'rance  raife. 

4  For  bleffings  mall  that  man  reward,. 
Who  on  the  almighty  Lord  relics  \ 
Who  treats  the  proud  with  difregard, 
And  hates  the  hypocrites  difguiie. 

■;  Who  can  the  wond'rous  works  recount, 
Which  thou,  O  God,  for  us  haft  wrought  ? 
The  treafures  of  thy  love  furmount 
The  pow'r  of  numbers,  fpeech,  and  thought. 

6  i'vs 


P    S     A     L    M     x\.  fk 

6  I've  learnt  that  thou  hail  not  defiVd 
OffYings  and  facrifice  alone  ; 

Nor  blood  of  guiitlefs  beairs  requir'd, 
For  man's  tranfgrefiion  to  atone. 

7  I  therefore  come come  to  fulfil 

The  oracle  thy  books  impart  : 

8  Tis  my  delight  to  do  thy  will; 
Thy  law  is  written  in  my  heart. 

PART      II. 

9  In  full  afTemblies  I  have  told 

Thy  truth  and  righteoulnefs  at  large : 
Nor  did,  thou  know'ft,  my  lips  with-hold- 
From  utt'ring  what  thou  gav'fi:  in  charge 
1 6  Nor  kept  within  my  breaft  confin'd, 
Thy  faithfulnefs,  and  laving  grace  ; 
But  preach'd  thy  love  for  all  defign'd, 
That  all  might  that  and  truth  embrace. 

1 1  Then  let  thofe  mercies  I  declared 
To  others,  Lord,  extend  to  me  : 
Thy  loving  kindnefs  my  reward, 
Thy  truth  my  fafe  protection  be, 

12  For  I  with  troubles  am  diitrefs'd, 
Too  vafi:  and  numberlefs  to  bear  : 
Nor  lefs  with  loads  of  guilt    opprefs'd, 
That  plunge  and  fink  me  to  delpair. 

As  foon,  alas !  I  may  recount 
The  hairs  on  this  afflicted  head  ; 
My  vanquijh'd  courage  they  furmonnt, 
And  fill  my  drooping  foul  with  dread. 
PART      IIL 

13  But,  Lord,  to  my  relief  draw  near  ; 
For  never  was  more  prefling  need  ; 

In  my  delivVance,  Lord,  appear, 
And  add  to  that  delivVance  fpeed. 

14  Confufioi* 


72  PSALM    xl,  xli. 

14  Confufion  on  their  heach  return, 
"Who  to  defixoy  my  foul  combine  •, 
Let  them,  defeated  blufh  and  mourn, 
Enfnar'd  in  their  own  vile  defign. 

1 5  Their  doom  let  defolarion  be, 
With  fhame  their  malice  be  repaid, 
Who  mock'd  my  confidence  in  thee, 
And  fport  of  my  affliction  made. 

16  While  thofe,  who  humbly  feek  thy  face^ 
To  joyful  triumphs  fhall  be  rais'd  ; 

And  all,  who  prize  thy  faving  grace, 
With  me  refound,  the  Lord  be  prais'd. 

17  Thus,  wretched  tho'  I  am,  and  poor, 
Of  me  the  almighty  Lord  takes  care  : 
Thou,  God>  who  only  can'ft  reftore, 
To  my  relief  with  fpeed  repair. 

P  S  A  L  M     XLI. 

iT  T  A  PP  Y  the  man  whofe  tender  care 

AX   relieves  the  poor  diftrefs'd  ! 
When  he's  by   troubles  compafs'd   round, 
the  Lord  ihall  give  him  reft. 

2  The  Lord  his  life  with  blefllngs  crown'd, 
in  fafety  fhall    prolong  ; 

And  difappoint  the  will  of  thofe, 
that  feek  to  do  him  wrong. 

3  If  he  in  languishing  eftate, 
opprefs'd  with  ficknefs  lie ; 

The  Lord  will  eafy  make  his  bed, 
and  inward  ftrcngth  fupply. 

4  Secure  of  this,  to  thee,  my  God, 
I  thus  my  prtfy'r  addrefs'd  ; 

c<  Lord,  for  thy  mercy,  heal  my  foul, 
"  tho*  I  have  much  uanfgrefs'd. 

5  My 


V  3  A  L  M   rli.  73 

5  My  cruel  toes,  with,  flasi&'rous  "words 

attempt  to  wound  my  fame  : 
"  When  ihall  lie  die  (fay  they)  and  men 
{f  forget  his  very  name  ? ' 

6  Suppofe  they  formal  viiits  make, 
tis  ail  but  empty  fhbw  : 

They  gather  mifchief  in  their  hearts, 
and  vent  it  where  they  go. 

7,  S  With  private  whifpers,  fuch  as  theiC; 

to  hurt  me  they  devife  : 
"  A  fore  difeafe  afflicts  him  now  : 

"  he's  fali'n  no  more  to  rife." 
9  My  own  familiar  bofom-friend, 

on  whom  I  moft  rely'd, 
Has  me,  whofe  daily  gueft  he  wa% 

with  open  {corn  defy'd, 

to  But  thou  my  fad  and  wretched  fiats* 

ia  mercy,  Lord,  regard  ; 
And  raife  me  up  that  all  their  crimes 

may  meet  their  juft  reward. 
1 1  By  this  I  know,   thy  gracious  ear 

is  open  when  I  call  j 
Becaufe  thou  fuffer'fr  not  my  foes 

to  triumph  in  my  fall. 

1%  Thy  tender  care  fecures  my  life 

from  danger  and  difgrace  ; 
And  thou  vouchfaf 'ft  to  fet  me  ftill 

before  thy  glorious  face. 
13  Let  therefore  Ifrael's  Lord  and  God 

from  age  to  age  be  bleft ; 
And  all  the  people's  glad  applaufe 
.  with  loud  amens  exprefs'd. 

G  fSALM 


74  PSALM    xlH. 

PSALM     XLII. 

1  A    S  pants  the  heart  for  cooling  ftreams 
JLjL.  when  heated  in  the  chafe  *, 

So  longs  my  foul,  O  God,  for  thee, 
and  thy  refreshing  gi  ace. 

2  For  thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 
my  thhfty  foul  doth  pine  : 

O !  when  (hall  I  behold  thy  face, 
thou  majefty  divine? 

3  Tears  are  my  con  ft  a  nt  food,   while  thus 
infuking  Foes  upbraid  $ 

C(  Deluded  wretch  !  w  here's  now  thy  God? 
€i  ..nd  where  his  promis'd  aid  ?" 

4  I  iigh  whene'er  my  muling  thoughts 
thofe  happy  days  prelent, 

When  I  with  troops  of  pious  friends 
thy  temple  did  frequent : 

When  I  advane'd  with  fongs  of  praife, 

my  folemn  vows  to  pay  ; 
And  led  the  joyful  facred  throng, 

that  kept  the  fcftal  day. 

5  Why  reftlefs,  why  cait  down  my  foul? 
truft  God  ;  and  he'll  employ 

His  aid. for  thee,  and  change  thefe  fighs 
to  thankful  hymns  of  j  y. 

6  My  foul's  caft  down,  O  God  ;  but  thinks 
on  thee  and  Sion.  ftill; 

From  Jordan's  bmk,  fromHermon's  heights, 

and  Miflar's  humbler  hill. 
j  One  trouble  calls  another  on  5 

and,  burfting  o'er  my  head. 


Fall  fpouting  down,  till  round  my  fouf 
a  roaring  fea  is  fpread. 


S  But 


PSALM    xlS,    xffii.  75 

S  But  when  thy  prefence,  Lord  of  life* 

has  once  difpeU'd  the  fiorai, 
To  thee  I'll  midnight  anthems  fing, 

and  all  my  vows  perform. 

9  God  of  my  ftrength,  how  long  ihail  1$ 
like  one  forgotten,  mourn, 

Forlorn,  foriaken,  and  expos'd 
to  my  cppre£brs  fcorn  } 

10  My  heart  is  pierc'd  as  with  a  ftvordj 
whilft  thus  my  foes  upbraid  ; 

**  Vain  boafter,  where  is  now  thy  God  i 
"  and  where  his  promised  aid  in 

ii  Why  refliefsj  why  cart  down  my  foul '?* 
hope  frill ';•  and  thou  malt  fing 

The  praife  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 
thy  health's  eternal  fpring, 

PSA  L  M    XLIIL 

iTUST  judge  of  heaven,  againft  myfoef 
Jf     Do  thou  afTert  my  injur'd  right : 
©  !  fet  me  free,  my  God,  from  thofe 
That  in  deceit  and  wrong  delight. 

2  Since  thou  art  ftill  my  only  fray, 
Why  leav'ft  thou  me  in  deep  diftrefs  f 
Why  go  I  mourning  ail  the  day, 
Whilft  me  infill  ting  foes  opprefs  ?■ 

3  Let  me  with  light  and  truth  be  oleic,. 
Be  thefe  my  guides,  and  lead  the  way. 
Till  on  thy  holy  hill  I  reft, 

And  in  thy  facred  temple  pray, 

4  Then  will  I  there  frefh  altars  raife 
To  God  who  is  my  only  joy  ; 

And  well  tun'd  harps  with  fongs  of  praifb" 
Shall  all  my  grateful  hours  employ. 

G  2  5  Why 


j6         PSAL  M     xliii,   xliv. 

5  Why  then  cafr  down,  my  foul  ?  and  why. 
So  much  oppreiVd  with  anxious  care  ? 
On  God>  thy  God,  for  aid  rely  ; 
Who  will  thy  ruin'd  ftate  repair. 

PSALM     XLIV. 

tjT^\  LOR;D  our  fathers  oft  have  told, 

\^/  in  our  attentive  ears, 
Thy  wonders  in  their  days  performed, 

and  elder  times,  than  theirs  : 
1  How  thou,  to  plant  them  here,  didft  drive- 

the  heathen  from  this  land, 
Dlfpeopled  by  repeated  ftrokec . 

of  thy  avenging  hand. 

3  For  not. their  courage,  nor  their  ftvord, 
to  them  pofTeffion  gave  ; 

Norflrength,  that  from  unequal  force,. 

their  fainting  troops  could  fave  ; 
But  thy  right  hand,  andpow'rful  arm, 

'whole  fuccour  they  implor'd  ; 
Thy  prefence  with  the  chofen  race, 

who  thy  great  name  adord. 

4  As  thee  their  God  our  father's  cwr/d^ 
thou  art  our  fov'reign  King  ; 

O  !  therefore,  as  thou  didft  to,  them,..yf 
to  us  deliv'rance.  bring. 

5  Thro'  thy  victorious  name,  our  arms, 
the  proudeft  foe  fhall  quell ; 

And  crufh  them  with  repeated  ftrokes, , 
as  oft  as  they  rebel. 

$  I'll  neither  truft  my  bow  nor.fword, 

when  I  in  fight  engage  : 
*]t  But  thee,  who  haft  our  foes  fubdu'd, 

and  ^am'd  their  fpiteful  rage. 

8  To, 


PSALM     xliv.  77 

8  To  thee  the  triumph  we  afcribe, 
from  whom  the  conqueft  came; 

Ih  God  we  will  rejoice  all  day, 
and  ever  blefs  his  name. 

P  A  R  T  1L 

9  But  thou  haft  caft  us  off;  and  now* 
mod  fhamefully  we  yield  ,• 

For  thou  no  more  vouchfaf 'ft  to  lead 

our  armies  to  the  field, 
so  Since  when,  to  ev'ry  upftart  foe 

we  turn  our  backs  in  light; 
And  with  our  fpoil  their  malice  feaft, 

who  bear  us- ancient  fpite, 

j  i  To  Slaughter  doom'd,  we  fall  like  fhcep 

into  their  butchering  hands  ; 
Or  (what's  more  wretched  yet)  furvive, 

difpers'd  thro*  heathen  lands. 
12  Thy  people  thou  haft  fold  for  flaves  5 

and  let  their  price  fo  low, 
That  not  thy  treafure  by  the  fale^ . 

but  their  difgrace  may  grow  : 

13,  T4  ReproaehM  by  all  the  nations  round/ 

the  heathen's  bye-word  grown ; 
Whofe  fcorn  of  us  is  both  in  fpeech, ■'. 

and  mocking  geftures,  fhown. 
15  Confufion  ftrikes  me  blind  ;  my  face 

in  confcious  fhame  I  hide  ; 
26  While  we  are  fcoff'd,  and  God  blafphem'd 

by  their  licentious  pride. 

P  A  RT    III. 

yj  Oh  us  this  heap  of  woes  is  fall'n  j 

all  this  we  have  endur'd  ; 
Yet  have  not,  Lord,  renounced  thy  name$ 

or  faith  to  thee  abjur'd  : 

G-3.  18  Bw 


^S   '       P-  8   ^   L    M  '  ism,  xlr. 

i  8  But  in  thy  righteous  paths  have  kept  . 

our  hearts  and  ftepswith  care  ; 
io  Tho'  thou  haft  broken  all  our  ftrengtli*  . 

and  we  aloicft  defpair, 

20  Could  we,  forgetting. thy  great  name, 

on  other  Gods  rely, 
2i   And  not  the  iearcher  of  all  hearts 

the  trcach'rous  crime  defcry  ? 
22  Thou  feefl  what  fufi'rings   for,  thy  fake 

we  evVy  day  fuftain.; 
.All  flaughter'd,  or  referv'd  likte-lheep 

appointed  to  be  flam. 

2^  Awake,  arife  ;  let  feeming  ileep 

"  no  longer  thee  detain  ; 
Nor  let  osj  Lord,  who  fue  to  thee, 
forever  iue  in  vain. 

24  O  !  wherefore  hidefr  thou  thy  face 
from  our  afSicled  {rate, 

25  Whofe-  fouls  and  bodies  fink  to  carta 
with  gilzh  epprefiive  weight  ? 

26  A  rife,  OLcrd,  and  timely  hafte  ; 
to  our  deliv'rance  make  : 

Redeem  us,  Lord,  if  not  for   ours, 
yet  for  thy  -mercy's  bke. 

p.s.A  l  m  XLV. 

WHiLEltheKir.g'sloud  praiferchcarfefcr 
indited  by  my  heart, 
My  tongue  isJike  the  pen  of  him 

that  writes  with  ready  art. 
2  How  matchkfs  is  thy  form,  O  .King! 

thy  mouth  with  grace  o'erflows  : 
Becaufe -freili  blefiings  God .oa  thee; 
eternally  bellows. 

y  Gird 


5  Gird  on  thy  fword,  mod  mighty  Prince  s 
and  clad  in-rich  arra y, 

With  glorious  ornaments  of  pow'r, 

majeftic  pomp  difplay. 
4  Ride  onin  flats,  and  ft-ill  protect 

the  meek,,  the  juit,  the  true  ; 
Whilft  thy  right-hand  with  fwift  revenge 

does  all  thy  foes  purfue*  . 

5-How  fharp  thy  weapons  are  to  them 

that  dare  thy  pow?r  oppofe  I 
Down,  downthey  fall,  while  thro?  their  hears 

the  pointed  arrow  goes. 

6  But  thy  iirm  throne,  O  God,  is  £x*d 
for  ever  to  endure  ; 

Thy  fcepter'd  Iway  fhall  always  iail^ 
by  righteous  laws  fecure. 

7  Becaufethy  heart,  by  justice  Ied3.\ 
did  upright  ways-  approve, 

And  hated  ilill  the  crooked  paths 

where  wand'ring  iinners  ro^e  ; 
Therefore  did  God,  thy  God,  on  thee  - 

the  oil  of  gladnefs  ilied  , 
And  has,  above  thy  fellows  rounds . 

advanced  thy  lofty  head,, . 

$  With  caffta,  aloes,  and  rnyrrh5 

thy  rcyal  robes  abound  : 
Which,  from  the  ftatejy  ward  -robe  brought^ 
;t  fpread  grateful  odcrrs  round. 
9  Among  the  honour  ible  tiaia 

did. 'princely  virglrs  wait; 
The  Queen  was  plac'd  at  thy  right-hand- 

in. golden. robes  of  flate, 

PAR? 


tor  P  S  ALM    xlfc 

PART     II. 

ic  But  thou,  O- royal  bride,  give  eary, 

and  to  my  words  attend  : 
Borget  thy  native  country  now, 

an  d  t  v  ry  £ or  me  r  trie  n  d* 

1  r  So  (hall  thy  beauty  charm  the  King,. 

nor  fhall  his  love  decay.: 
For  he  is  now  become  thy  Lord  ; 

to  him  due  rev'rence  pay. 
3  2  The  Tyrian  matrons,  rich  and'proud,  . 

ihail  humble.  prei<j*ns  make, 
And  all  the  weahhy  nations  iue,, 

thy.  favour  to  partake. 

2  3  The  King's  fair  daughter's  beauteous  foul 

all  inward  graces  iill  , 
Her  raiment  is  of  pureft  gold, 
adorn'cLwith  coftly  (kill. 

14  She  in  her  nuptial  garments  drefs'dj 
with  needles  richly   wrought., 

Attended  by  her  virgin  train, 
fhalUo  the  King  be  brought. 

1 5  "With  all  the  ftate  o£  folemn  joy 
the  triumph  moves  along  ; 

'Till,  with  wide  gates,  the  royal  court, 

receives  the. pompous  throng. 
26  Thou,  in  thy  rdyal Father's  room, 

muft  princely  fons   expecl  ; 
Whom  thou,  to  diff'r ent  realms  may'ft  fend 

to  govern  and  protcil  : 

ij  Wh ilft  this  my  fong  to  future  times 

tranfmits  thy  glorious  name  ; 
And  makes  the  world  with  one  confent 

shy  laiftng  praife  proclaim.  PSALM 


PSALM    xlvi;  .    U 

P  3  A  L  M     XLtt 

I /^f   G  D  is  our  refuge  in  diftrefs  ; 
\JT   A  prefent  help,  when  dangers  prefs  j 

In  himrundauntedj  will  confide  : 
2,  3  Tho'  earth  were  from  her  centre  tofs'd 
And  mountains  in  the  ocean  loft, 

Tprn  piece-meal  by  the  rearing  tide. 

4  A  gentler  ftream  with  gladnefs  {till 
The  city  of  our  Lord,  (hall-fill,. 

The  royal  feat  of  God  moft  high  ; 

5  God  dwells  imSion,  whofe  fair  tow'rs 
Shall  mock  th'  afTaults  of  earthly  pow'rs3 

While  his  almighty  aid  is  nigh. 

6  In  tumults  when  the  heathen  rag'd, 
And  kingdoms  war  againfl  us  wag'd 

He  thunder'd,  and  difpers'd  their  pow'rs.. 

7  The  Lord  of  holts. conducts  our  arms, 

Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in  alarms, 

Our  father's  guardian  God;  and  ours. 

» 

8  Come  fee  the  wonders  he  has  wrought* 
On  earth  what  defolation^ brought ■;. 

9  How  he  has  calm'd  the  jarring  world  * 
He  broke  the  warlike  fpear  and  bow; 
With  them  their  thund'ring  chariots  too 

Into  .devouring  flames  were  hurl'd. 

io  Submit. to  God's  almighty  fway  ; 
For  him  the  heathen  fhall  obey, 

And  earth  her  fov'reign  Lord  confefs  f- 
II  The  God  of  holts  conduces  our  arms, 
Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in  alarms, 

As.  to  our  fathers,  in  diftrefs> 

BS;AXM( 


PSALM     xlvii,   xlfciir. 


j/^\  All 
2\l    An 


PSALM     XLVII. 

ye  people,  clap  your  hand?, 


id  with  triumphant  voices  ffng  :.. 
No  force  the  mighty  pow'r  wkhftanclG,* 
Of  God,  the  universal  King.. 
3,  4  Hsfhaii  opposing  nations  quell, 
And  with  iucccfs   our  battles  fight ; 
Shall -fix  the  place  where  we  mull  dwell, 
The  pride  of  Jacob  his  delight. 

5,  6  God  *is  gone  up,  our  Lord  and  King,, 

With  fhoutsof  joy,  and  trumpets  found  : 

To  him  repeated  praifes  fing, 

And  let  the  chearful  fong  go  round. 

7,  3  Your  utmeft  ikill  in  praife  be  fhcvwn^ 

For, him  who  all  the  world  commands  ; 

Who  fits  upon  his  righteous  throne, 

And  fpreads  his  iway  o'er  heathen  lands. 

9  Our  chiefs, and  tribes,  that  far  fromhencs- 
T*  adore  the  God  of  Abr'am  came  ; 
Found  him  their  conftant  fure  defence, 
How  great  and  glorious  is  his  name  ! 

PSALM     XLVIII. 

ir  t  ^HE  Lord,  the  only  God,  is  great*, 

§        and  greatly  to  be  prais'd 
In  Sion,  on  whofe  happy  mount 
his  facred  throne  is  raised. 

2  Her  tow'rs  the  joy  of  all  the  earth,, 
with  beautious  profpect  rife  ', 

On  her  north-fide  th'  almighty  KingV 
imperial  city  lit 3. 

3  God  in  her  palaces  is  known  : 
his  prefence  is  her   guard 

4  Confed'rate  kings  withdrew  their  fiege; 
•and  of  fuccefs  deiuair'd.  5  The?? 


TSAL.M     xlviii.  $k 


5  They  view'd  her  walls,  adm'u'd  and  fieds 

with  grief  and  terror  ftruck  5 
•6  Like  women  whom    the  iudden  pangs 

of  travail  hacLo'ertook, 

■7  No  wretched  crew  of  mariners 

appear  like  them  forlorn, 
When  fleets  from  FaAMi's  wealthy  coafts 

by  -eafterh  winds    are  torn. 

8  In  S ion  we  have  fee n  performed 
a  work  that  was  foretold  : 

In  pledge  tha*  God  for  times  to  come3 
his  city  will  uphold. 

9  Not  in  our  fortceiTes  and  walls 
did  we,   O  God,  confide  ; 

But  on  the  temple    fix'd  our  hopes, 

in  which  thou  didft  reiide, 
20    According  to  thy  fovVeign  name, 

thy  praife  thro' earth  extends  ; 
Thy  pow'rful  arm  as  juflice  guides, 

chaftifes  or  defends. 

r  i  Let  Sion's  mount  with  joy  refound, 

her  daughters  all  be  taught, 
In  fongs  his  judgments  to  extol, 

who  this  cleliv'rance  wrought. 
12  Compafs  her  walls  with,  folemn  pomp  \  , 

your  eyes  quite  round  her  caft  ; 
Count   all  her  tow'rs,  and  fee  if  there 

you  find  one  ft  one  difpiac'd. 

f.3  Tier  forts  and  palaces  furvey  ; 

obferve  their  order  vsdl  ; 
That,   with    aiTurance,  to   5 our  heirs, 

the  wonder  yoia  may  tell. 

14  This 


$4         PSALM    xlviil,  iV.x, 

14  This  God  is  our*,  and  will  be  ours, 

whilit  we  in  h-irn  confide; 
Who,  as  he  has  prcferv'd  us  now, 

till  death  will  be  our  guide. 

PSALM    XLIX. 

1  T     ET  all  the  lift'ning  world  attend, 

2  1   j   and  my  inftructions  hear  : 
Let  high  and  low,   and  rich  and  poor, 

with  joint  confent  give   ear: 

3  My  mouth,  with  facred  wiidom  fill'd, 
mall  good  advice  impart ; 

The  found  remit  of  prudent  thoughts, 
digeited  in  my  heart. 

4  To  parables  of  weighty  fenfe 
I  will  my  ear  incline  ; 

While  to  my  tuneful  harp  I  ling, 
dark  words  of  deep  defign. 

5  Why  mould  my  couiage  fail  in  times 
of  danger  and  of  doubt  ; 

When  iinners,  that  would  me  fupplant, 
have  compafs'd  me  about  ? 

6  Thofe  men,  that  all   their  hope  and  truft 
in  heaps  of  treafure  place  : 

And  boafting,  triumph,  when  they  fee 
their  ill-got  wealth  increafe  ;  „ 

7  Are  yet   unable  from  the  grave 
their  deareit  fiiend  to  free  ; 

Nor  can,  by  force  of  coftly  bribes, 
reverie  God's  firm  decree. 

8,  9  Their  vain  endeavors  they  muft  quit, 

the  price  is  held  too  high  : 
No  fums  can  purchafe  fuch  a  grant, 

that  man  ihall  never  die. 

10  Not 


PSALM    xKx.  Bi 

•*o  Not  wifdom  can  the  wife  exempt, 

nor  fools  their  folly,  fave  5 
But  both  muft  perifh,  and  in  death, 

their  wealth  to  others  leave. 

1 1  For  tho'  they  think  their  ftately  feats 

{hall  ne'er  to  ruin  fall ; 
But  their  remembrance  laft  in  lands, 

which  by  their  names  they  call ; 
22  Yet  {hall  their  fame  be  foon  forgc^ 

how  great  foe'er  their  ftate  : 
With  beafts  their  memory,  and  they, 

{hall  {hare  one  common  fate. 

PART     II. 

■s  3  How  great  their  folly  is,  who  thus 

abfurd  conclufions  make  ! 
And  yet  their  children,  unreclaiin'd, 

repeat  the  grefs  miftake. 

14  They  all,  like  fheep  to  {laughter  ledP 
the  prey  of  death  are  made  ; 

Their  beauty  while  the  juft  rejoice, 
within  the  grave  {hall  fade. 

15  But  God  will  yet  redeem  my  foul  \ 
and  from  the  greedy  grave 

His  greater  pow'r  mall  fet  me  free, 
and  to  himfelf  receive. 

16  Then  fear  not  thou,  when  worldly  men 
in  envy'd  wealth  abound  ', 

Nor  tho'  their  prolp'rous  hou'fe  increafe, 
with  {late  and  honour  crownM. 

tj  For  when  they're   fummon'd  hence  by 
they  leave  all  this  behind  ;  (death, 

Ho  fhadow  of  their  former  pomp 
Within  the  grave  they  fine  ; 

H  18  And 


«6  PSALM    xlix.  I. 

1 8'  And  yet  they  tho't  their  ft  ate  was  bleft, 

caught  in  the  flatt'rer's  fnare  : 
Who  praifes  thofe  that  flight  all  elfe, 

and  of  themfelves  take  care. 

19  In  their  forefathers  fteps  they  tread  ; 

and  when,  like  them,  they  die, 
Their  wretched  anceitors,  and  they, 

in  endlefs  dark&efs  lie. 
-20  For  man,  how  great  foe'er  his  flate  5 

unlefs  he's  truly  wife, 
As  like  a  fenfual  beaft  he  lives, 

£o}  like  a  beaft,  he  dies. 

PSALM    L. 

1,^1 "  HE  Lord  hath  fpoke,  the  mighty  God 
2     JL     Hath  lint  his  fummons  ail  abroad, 

From  dawning  light,  tili  day  declines: 
The  lift'ning  earth  his  voice  hath  heard, 
And  he  from  Sion  harh  appear 'd, 

Where  beau* y  in  perfection  ihines. 

3,4  Our  Go-]  ihallcome,  and  ke°p  .u  r.ore 
JVlifconftni'd  ii'ence,  as  before  •, 

But  wading  flames  before  him  fend  : 
Around  (kail  tempefts  fiercely  rage, 
While  he  does  h^avm  and  earth  engage 

Hisjuft  tribunal  to  attend. 

5,  6  Aflemble  all  my  faints  to  me 
(Thus  runs  the  great  divine  decree) 

Tkat  in  my  lifting  cov 'nant  live  ! 
An.4     ff  1  in   s  bring  with  conftant  care  : 
(  Hie*  heaves  his  j   ftice  <h    '  declare  ; 

Fur  God  hunfelJ  Qi ...  fentence  give  ) 

7  Attend^ 


P    S    A    L    M     1.         -    S7 

r  Attend,  my  people  ;  Ifrael  hear  ; 

fby  ftrong  actufer  Fil  appear  ; 
Thy  God^  thy  only  God,  am  I  : 
'Tis  not  of  offerings  I  complain, 

Vhich,  daily  in  my  temple  {lain, 
My  facred  altar  did  fupply. 

Will  this  alone  atonement  make  ? 
To  bullock  from  thy  flail  I'll  take, 

Nor  he-goaf  from  thy  fold  accept  r 
o  The  foreft  beafts,  that  range  alone, 
lie  cattle  too,  are  all  my  own. 

That  on  a  thonfand  hills  are  kept. 

i  I  know  the  fowls,  that  build  their  nefls 
n  craggy  rocks;  and  favage  beafts, 
That  loofely  haunt  the  open  fields  : 

2  If  feiz'd  wiih  hunger  I  could  be, 
need  not  feek  relief  from  thee, 

Since  the  world's  mine,,  and  all  it  yields, 

3  Think'ft  thou  that  I  have  any  need 
fn  ilaughter'd  bulls  and  goats  to  feed, 

To  eat  their  fle/h,  and  drink  their  blood? 

4  The  facrifices  I  require, 

Ire  hearts  which  love  and  zeal  infpire, 
And  vows  with  ftricleft  care  made  good* 

$  In  time  of  trouble  call  on  me, 
ind  I  will  fet  thee  fafe  and  free  ; 
And  thou  returns  of  praife  fhall  make. 

6  But  to  the  wicked  thus  faith  God  : 
low  dar'ft  thou  teach  my  laws  abroad, 

Or  in  thy  mouth  my  cov'nant  take  ? 

7  For  ftubborn  thou,  confirm'd  in  11% 
Xafi  proof  againft  inftru&ioa  been, 

H  z  Ana 


ci  PSALM    1,  li. 

And  of  my  word  didft  lightly  fpcake. 

18  When  thou  a  fubtile  thief  didft  fec^ 
Thou  gladly  didft  with  him  agree, 

And  with  adult'rers  didft  partake, 

19  Vile  (lander  is  thy  chief  delight  ; 
Thy  tongue,  by  envy  mov'd,  and  fpite, 

deceitful  tales  doft  hourly  fpread. 

20  Thou  doft  with  hateful  fcandals  wound 
Thy  brother  and  with  lyes  confound 

The  offspring  of  thy  mother's  bed. 

aiThefe  things  didft  thou,  whom  ftill  I  ftro?e 
To  gain  with  filence,  and  with  love  j 

Till  thou  didft  wickedly  furmife, 
That  I  was  fuch  an  one  as  thou  : 
But  I'll  reprove  and  fhame  thee  now, 

And  hi  thy  fins  before  thine  eyes. 

22  Mark  this,  ye  wicked  fools,  left  I 
Let  all  my  bolts  of  vengeance  fly, 

While  none  fhall  dare  your  caufe  to  own  t 

23  Who  praifes  me,  due  honour  gives; 
And  to  the  man  who  juftly  lives, 

My  ftrong  falvation  fhall  be  fhowa. 

PSALM     LI. 

I   Tir  AVE  mercy,  Lord,  on  me, 

[  J    as  thou  wert  ever  kind  : 
Let  me  opprefs'd  with  loads  of  guilt, 
thy  wonted  mercy  find. 
2,  3  Wafhoffmy  foul  offence, 
and  cleanfe  me  from  my  fin  : 
For  I  confefs  my  crime,  and  fee 
how  great  my  guilt  has  been. 

4  Aga'mft: 


PSALM     lr.  89 

4  Againft  thee,  Lord,  alone, 
and  only  in  thy  fight, 

Have  I  fcranfgrefs'd  ;  and  tho'  condemned* 
muft  own  thy  judgments  right. 

5  In  guilt  each  part  was  form'd 
of  all  this  finful  frame ; 

In  guilt  I  was  conceiv'd,  and  bora* 
the  heir  of  fin  andfharne. 

6  Yet  thou,  whofe  fearching  eye 
does  inward  truth  require, 

In  fecret  didft  with  wifdom's  laws 
my  tender  foul  infpire. 

7  With  hyfop  purge  me,  Lord  £ 
and  fo  I  clean  fhall  be  : 

I  fhall  with  fnow  in  whitenefs  vie, 
w^en  purifi'd  by  thee. 

8  Make  me  to  hear  with  j&y 
thy  kind  forgiving  voice  h 

That  fo  the^bones  which  thou  haft  bfofss 

may  with  frefh  ftfeftgth  rejoice. 

9,  10  Blot  oi>t  my  crying  fins, 

nor  me  in  anger  view  ; 
Create  in  me  a  heart  that's- clean, 

an  upright  mind  renew. 

PART      IL 

it  Withdraw  not  thou  thy  helg>. 

nor  caft  me  from  thy  fight  j 
Nor  let  thy  holy  fpirit  take 

its  everlaiting  flight. 

12  The  joy  thy  favour  gives^. 

let  me  again  obtain  ; 
And  thy  free  fpirit's  firm  fupport 

my  fainting ibui  fuftain*. 

Hi  s3S* 


?o  FS-  A    L  M    ii,  iii. 

13  Sol  thy  righteous  ways 
to  iinners  will  impart  *, 

Whilft  my  advice  fhall  wicked  men* 
to  thy juft  laws  convert. 

14  My  guilt  of  blood  remove, 
my  Saviour  and  my  God ; 

And  my  glad  tongue  fhall  loudly  tell 
thy  righteous  a£is  abroad. 

15  Do  thou  unlock  my  lips, 
with  farrow  closM,  and  fhame  : 

So  lhall  my  mouth  thy  wond'rous  praifd' 
to  all  the  world  proclaim. 

16  Could  facrifice  atone, 

whole  ilocks  and  herds  fhould  die  5 
But  on  fuch  offerings  thou  difdain'ft 
to  caf:  a  gracious  eye. 

1 7  A  broken  fpirit  is 

by  God  moll:  highly  priz'd  ; 
By  him  a  brokf n  contrite  heart 
fhall  n^ver  be  defpisYi. 

18  Let  Sion  favour  iind, 
of"  thy  good  will  aflur'd  -, 

And  thy  own  city  flourish  long, 
by  lofty  walls  iecurM. 

19  The  juft  {hall  then  attend, 
and  pleafing  tribute  pay  ; 

And  facrifice  of  choiceft  k?nd, 
upon  thy  altar  lay. 

PSALM    LIL 

1   TN  vain  O  man  of  lawlefs  might, 

thou  boafVft  thyfelf  in  ill ; 
Since  God,  the  God  in  whom  I  truft, 
vouchsafes  his  favour  ftilh 

2  Thy 


I 


PSALM   iiv  liii.  fi 

zThy  wicked  tongue  does  SandVous  tales*  , 

maliciouily  deviie  j 
And,  fharper  than  a  raaor  fet, 

it  wounds  with  treacherous  lyes* 

3,4  Thy  thoughts  are  more  on  ill,  than  good-, 

on  lyes,  than  truth  employ 'd  j 
Thy  tongue  delights  in  words  by  which 

the  guiltlefb  are  deftroy'd. 

5  God  fhail  for  ever  blaft  thy  hopes, 
and  fnatch  thee  foon  away  ; 

Nor  in  thy  dwelling-place  permit, 
nor  in  the  world,  to  ilay. 

6  The  juft,  with  pious  fear  fhall  Tee- 
the downfall  of  thy  pride  : 

And  at  thy  fudden  ruin  laugh, 
and  thus  thy  fall  deride  : 

7  "  See  there  the  man  that  haughty  war, 

"  who  proudly  God  defy'd, 
w  Who  trufted  in  his  wealth,  and  iliil 
<s  on  wicked  arts  rely'd." 

g  But  I  am  like  thofe  olive  plants 

that  fbade  God's  temple  round  -9 
And  hope  with  his  indulgent  grace 

to  be  for  ever  crown'd. 
9  So  (hall  my  foul  with  praife,  O  God, 

extol  thy  wond'rous  love  ; 
And  on  thy  name  with  patience  wait  5 

for  this  thy  faints  approve. 

PSALM    LIII. 

ir  I  ^  H  E  wicked  fools  mufl  fare  fappofe 
J^     that  God  is  but  a  name  : 

This  grofsmiftake  their  practice  ihows, 
figce  virtue  all  difciaim. 


0  PSALM    liii,  Hv. 

3  The  Lord  look'd  down  from  heav  Vs  higit 
the  fons  of  men  to  view,  (tow  'rt. 

To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  powV, 
or  truth  or  juftice  knew. 

3  But  all  he  faw  were  backward  gone 
degen'rate  grown  and  bale  j 

None  for  religion,  car'd,  not  one 
of  all  the  linful  race. 

4  But  are-thofe  workers  of  deceit 
fo  dull  and  fenieleis  grown  •, 

That  they  like  bread  my  people  eat> 
and  God's  juil  po;vY  difown? 

5  Their  caufelcfs  fears  drill  ftrangely  grow  > 

and  they,  defpis  d  of  God, 
Shall  foon  be  foii'd  :  his  -hand  fhall   throw 
their  (hatter  *d  bones  abroid. 

6  Would  he  his  laving  pow'r  employ, 
to  break  our  fervilc  band,? 

Loud  ihours  of  univcrfal  joy 
fhouid.  eccho  thro'  the  land. 

P  S   &  L  M      LIV. 

iT    ORD,  fave  me,  for  thy  glorious  nameji 
•2  \_j  and.  in  thy  itrength  appear, 
To  judge  my  caufe  *,  accept  my  prayY, 

and  to  my  words  give  ear. 
3  Mere  Grangers  whom  I  never  wroHg"aV 

to  ruin  me  defign'd  ; 
And  cruel  meai,  that  fear  no  God, 

againft  my  ioulcombin'd. 

4,  5  ButGodtakes  part  with  all  my  friends  f 

and  he's  the  fnreft  guard  : 
The  God  qf  truth  fliall  give  my  foes 

their  falihood's  juil  reward  »       $  While 


PSALM    Kr,    It.  93 

1  €  While  I  my  grateful  oflfrings  brings 

and  facrifice  with  joy  ; 
And  in  his  praife  my  time  to  come 

delightfully  employ. 

j  From  dreadful  danger  and  diftrefo 

the  Lord  hath  fet  me  free  : 
Thro'  him  fhall  I,  of  all  my  foe%  t 

the  juft  deftruciion  fee, 

PSALM    LV. 

e/T  IVE  ear,  thou  Judge  of  all  the  cartS^', 

Xjjf  and  liften  when  I  pray  \ 
Nor  from  thy  humble  fuppliant  tun* 
thy  glorious  face  away. 

2  Attend  to  this  my  fad  complaint^ 
and  hear  my  grievous  moans  \ 

Whilft  I  my  mournful  cafe  declare 
with  artlefs  fighs  and  groans. 

3  Hark  how  the  foe  infults  aloud  I 

how  fierce  opppreffors  rage  1  (hatc>. 

Whofe  fland'rous  tongues  with  wrathful 

againft  my  fame  engage. 
4,  5  My  heart  is  rack'd  with  pain,  my  iaujC 

with  deadly  frights  diftrefs'd  j 
With  fear  and  trembling  compafs^fround,, 

with  horror  quite  opprefs'd. 

6  How  often  wifh'd  I  then,  that  I 

the  dove's  fwift  wings  could  get ; 
That  I  might  take  my  fpeedy  flighty 

and  feek  a  fafe  retreat  I 
~Yi  8  Then  would  I  wander  far  from  hence  3 

and  jn  wild  defarts  ftray, 
Till  all  this  furious  ftorm  was  fpent5 

this  tempeft  paft  away. 

•FAR  T- 


9*  p'sai  m;  1-k 

PART     IT. 

^  Deftroy,  O  Lord,  their  ill  deiigns-^ 

their  couniels  foon  divide  ; 
For  through  the  city  my  griev'd  eyes 

hive  ft  rife  and  rapine  fpy'd. 
20  By  day  and  night  on  ev'ry  wall 

they  walk  'heir  con-ftant  round  ; 
And  in  the  midft  of  all  her  flrengthj 

are  grief  and  mifchief  found. 

11,  Whoe'er  thro*  ev'ry  part  fhall  rcair.r 

with  frefh  difordersmeet  ; 
Deceit  and  guile  their  conftant  pofts 

maintain  in  ev'ry  flreet. 
12  For  'twas  aot  any  open  foe, 

that  falfe  reflections  made  ; 
For  then  I  could  with  eafe  have  borne 

the  bitter  things  he  faid  : 

3Twas  none  who  hatred  had  profefs'd, 

that  did  againft  me  rife  ; 
For  then  I  had  withdrawn  myfelf 

from  his  malicious  eyes- 
53,  14  But  'twas  ev'n  thou,  my  guide,    my 

whom  tendered:  love  did  join  :       (friend,, 
Whofe  fweet  advice  I  valu'd  molt, 

whofe  pray'rs  were  mix'd  with  mine. 

$5  Sure,  vengeance  equal  to  their  crime-,. 

fuch  traitors  muft  furprife  ; 
And  fudden  death  requite  thofe  ills 

they  wickedly  deviie.- 
16,  17  But  Twill  call  on  God,  who  ftill 

fhall  in  my  aid  appear  : 
At  morn  and  noon,  and  night  I'll  pray, 

and  he  my  voice  fhail  hear,. 

FART 


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P  A  R  T    in, 

aS  God  has  releas'd  my  foul  from  thofc, 

that  did  with  me  contend  j 
And  made  a  numerous  hoft  of  friends 

xny  righteous  caufe  defend. 
19  For  he,  who  was  my  help  of  old, 

{hall  eow  his  fuppjiaot  hear  ; 
And  punifh  thofe,  whole  prorpVous  ftatc 

makes  them  no  God  trj  fear. 

.20  Whom  can  I  truit,  if  faithlefs  mea 

profidiouily  deviie 
To-ruin  me3  their  peaceful  Friend, 

and  break  the  ftrongeft  ties  r 

21  Th-o'  foft  and  melting  are  d.cir  words, 
their  hearts  with  war  abound  : 

Their  fpeeches  are  more  fxnooth  than  oil, 
and  yet  like  fwords  they  wound. 

22  Bo  thou,  my  foul,  on  God  depend, 
and  he  fhall  thee  fuftain  : 

He  aids  thejuft,  whom  to  fapplant 
the  wicked  flrive  in  vam. 

23  My  foes,  that  trade  in  lies  and   bloody 
fhall  all  untimely  die  ; 

Whilft  I  for  health,  and  length  of  days, 
on  thee  my  God,  rely. 

PSALM    LVI. 

iTF\0  thoiij  O  God,  in  mercy  help  1 

JL^   for  man  my  lire  purfues  : 
To  crufh  me  with  repeated  wrongs, 

he  daily  ftrife  renews. 
2  Continually  my  fpitefukfoes 

to  ruin  me  combine  : 
Thou  feeft,  who  nct'lt  enthroned  on  high, 
what  mighty  n-ojTibers  join. 

3  Sue 


$6  PSALM     IvL 

3  But  tho'  fometimes  farpriz'd  by  feat 
(on  danger's  firft  alarm) 

Yet  ftrll  for  fu'ecour  I  depend 
on  thy  almighty  arm. 

4  God's  faithful  promife  I  fhall  praife, 
on  which  I  now  rely  : 

In  God  I  truft,  and  trufting  him., 
the  arm  of  flefb.  defy. 

5  Theywreft  my  words  and  make  'em  fpeak,  ! 

a  fenfe  they  never  meant : 
Their  thoughts  are  all,  with  reftlefs  fpite, 
on  my  deftrucYion  btnt. 

6  In  clofe  affemblies  they  combine, 
and  wicked  projects  lay  : 

They  watch  my  fteps,  and  lie  in  w  ait 
to  make  my  foultheir  prey. 

7  Shall  fuch  injuitice  itill  efcape  ? 
O  righteous  God,  arife  ; 

Let  thy juft  wrath  (too  long  provok'd) 
this  impious  race  chaftife. 

8  Thou  nutnbVeft  all  my  wand'ring  fteps 
fince  nVft  compel'd  to  tlee  : 

My  very  tears  are  treafur'd  up, 
and  regifter'd  by  thee . 

<o  %Yhen  therefore  I  invoke  thy  aid, 

my  foes  fhall  be  overthrown  j 
For  I  am  well  afiur'd,  that  God 

my  righteous  caufe  will  own. 
io,  1 1  I'll   trijw:  God's  word,  and  fo  defpife 

the  fo  ice  tb:it  man  can  raife  ; 
12    !  O  God,  my  vows  are  due  : 

to  thee  I'll  render  praife. 

n  Tho*i 


?  S  ALM    H    Ivii  >97 

JT3  Thou  haft  retriev'dmy  foul. from  deaths 

and  thou  wilt  ftill  fecure 
a  he''ife  thou  haft  fo  oft  prefervM, 

and  make  my  footfteps  lure  : 
That  thus,  protected  by  thy  powV, 

I  may  this  light  enjoy  : 
And  in  the  fervice  of  my  God, 

my  lengthen'd  days  employ. 

PSALM      LVIL 

I*""]  ^HY  mercy,  Lord,  to  me  extend, 

J_     On  thy  protection  I  depend  ; 
Aud  to  thy  wing  for   fhelter  hafte, 
Till  this  outrageous  ftorm  is  pall. 

2  To  thy  tribunal,  Lord,  I  fly, 

Thou  fov'relgn  Judge  and  God  maft.  high," 
Who  wonders  haft  for  me  begun, 
And  wilt  not  leave  thy  work  undone. 

3  From  heav'n  protect  me  by  thy  arm, 
And  fhame  all  thofe  who  feek  my  harm 
To  my  relief  thy  mercy  fend, 

And  truth  on  which  my  hopes  depend. 

4  For  I  with  favage  men  converfe, 
Like  hungry  lions  wild  and  fierce, 

With  men  whofe  teeth  are  fpears,  their  worde 
InvenonVd  darts,  and  two  edg'd  fwords, 

5  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high  | 
And,  as  thy  glory  fills  the  fky, 
So  let  it  be  on  earth  diiplay'd ; 

Till  thou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd. 

6  To  take  me,  they  their  net  prepar'd* 
And  had  almoft  my  foul  enfnar'd  j 
But  fell  themfelves,  by  juft  decree^ 
Into  the  pit  they  made  for  me, 

I  ""    '70 


5#  PSALM     Ivii,  hiii. 

7  O  God,  my  heart  is  fiVd,  'tis  bent, 
Its  thankful  tribute  to  prefent  ; 
And,  with  my  heart  my  voice  I'll  raife 
To  thee,  my  God,  in  fongs  of  praife. 

8  Awake,  my  glory,  harp  and  lute, 
No  longer  let  your  ft  rings  be  mute  ; 
And  I,  my  tuneful  part  10  take, 
Will  with  the  early  dawn  awake. 

9  Thy  praifes,  Lord,  I  will  refound 
To  all  the  HiVning  nations  round  ; 

10  Thy  mercy  higheft  heav'n  tranfeends,. 
Thy  truth  beyond  the  clouds  extends.. 

31  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high; 
And,  as  thy  glory  fills  the  fky, 
So  let  it  be  on  earth  difplay'd  •, 
Till  thou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd, 

PSALM    LVIIL 

i  O  PEAK,  O  ye  judges  of  the  earth, 

|^   if  juft  your  fentence  be  ; 
Or  muft  not  innocence  appeal 
to  heav'n,  from  your  decree  ? 

2  Your  wicked  hearts  and  judgments  are 
alike  by  malice  fway'd,; 

Your  griping  hands  by  weighty  bribes, 
to  violence  betray \j. 

3  To  virtue,  ftrangers  from  the  womb, 
their  infant  fteps  went  wrong  : 

They  prattled  {lander  and  in  lies 
employ'd  their  lifpjng  tongue. 

4  No  ferpent  of  parch'd  Afiic's  breed, 
does  ranker  poifon  bear; 

The  drowfy  adder  will  as  foon 
unlock  his  fullen  ear. 

5  UnmovM 


PS  AIM    tviSj   lis.  $>£ 

Unmov'd  by  good  advice,  and  deaf 

as  adders  they  remain; 
horn  whom  the  feilful  charmer's  voice 

can  no  attention  gain. 

Defeat,  O  God,  their  threat'ning  rage* 

and  timely  break  their  pow'r  : 
Difarm  thefe  growing  lions  jaws, 

e'er  praclis'd  to  devour. 

j  Let  now  their  infolence  at  height, 

like  ebbing  tides  be  fpent ; 

heir  ihiver'd  darts  deceive  their  aim, 

when  they  their  bow  have  bent : 
3  Like  fnails  let  them  diflblve  to  illme  % 

ike  halty  births  become, 
Unworthy  to  behold  the  fua, 

and  dead  within  the  womb. 

9  E'er  thorns  can  make  the  flefli  pots  boiID 

tempeftuous  wrath  Ihall  come 
From  God;  and  fnatch  them  hence  alive 

to  their  eternal  doom. 
to  The  righteous  ihall  rejoice  to  fee 

their  crimes  fuch  vengeance  meet  | 
'And  faints  in  perfecutors  blood 

ihall  dip  their  harmlefs  feet. 

II   Tranfgrefibrs  then  with  grief  ihall  fee* 

juft  men  rewards  obtain  ; 
And  own  a  God  whofe  juftice  will 

the  guilty  earth  arraign. 

PSALM    LIX. 

DELIVER  me,  OLord,  my  God* 
from  all  my  fpiteful  foes : 
In  my  defence  oppofe  thy  power 
to  theirs  who  meoppofe. 

%  Prefers 


ijc*  FS  A  L  M   lixr 

2  Prefervc  me  from  a  wicked  racejj 
who  make  a  trade  of  ill ; 

Protect  me  from  remorfelefs  men 
who  feek  my  blood  to  i^ill. 

3  They  lie  in  wait,  and  mighty  pow'r s 
againft  my  life  combine, 

Implacable  •,  yet,  Lord,  thou  know'ft, 
for  no  offence  of  mine. 

4  In  halte  they  run  about,  and  watch 
my  guiltlefs  life  to  take: 

Look  down,  O  Lord,  on  my  diftrefs, 
and  to  my  help  awake. 

5  Thou  Lord  of  horh,  and  Ifrael's  God, 
their  heathen  rage  fupprefs; 

Relentlefs  vengeance  take  on  thofe, 
who  ftubbornly  tranfgrefs. 

6  At  evening  to  befet  my  houfe, 
like  growling  dogs  they  meet-, 

While  others  through  the  city  range, 
and  ranfack'd  e<v'ry  ftreet. 

7  Their  throats  invenomM  flander  breath, 
their  tongues  are  fharpen'd  fwords  : 

*•  Whohears  (fay  they )  or,  hearing,  dares 
m  reprove  our  lawlefs  words  ?" 

S  But  for  thy  throne  thou  fhalt,  O  Lord, 
their  baffled  plots  deride  ; 

And  foon  to  fcorn  and  fhame  expofe 
their  boafted  heathen  prkle. 

9  On  thee  I  wait  ;  'tis  on  thy  ftrength 

for  fuccour  I  depend  : 
Tis  thou,  O  God,  art  my  defence, 
.  who  only  can  defend. 

I  2  io  Thy 


PSALM    Ihc.  iqi 

10  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  which  has  fo  oft 
from  danger  fet  me  free, 
|  Shall  crown  my  wifhes,  and  fubdue 
my  haughty  foes  to  me. 

x  i  Deftroy  them  not,  O  Lord,  at  once  5 

reftrain  thy  vengeful  blow  ; 
Left  we,  ingratefully,  too  ibon. 

forget  their  overthrow. 
Difperfe  them  through  the  nations  round* 

by  thy  avenging  power  : 
Do  thou  bring  down  their  haughty  pride,, 

O  Lord,  our  fhield  and  tow'r. 

12  Now  in  the  height  of  all  their  hopes, 
their  arrogance  chaftife  ; 

Whofe  tongues  have  finnyd  without  reflraint^ 
and  curies  join'd  with  lies, 

13  Nor  fhalt  thou,  whilft  their  race  endure^ 
thine  anger,  Lord,  fupprefs  ; 

That  distant  lands,  by  their  juft  doona, 
may  IfraeFs  God  confefs. 

14  At  evening  let  them  frill  peHift 
like  growling  dogs,  to  meet  j 

Still  wander  aH  the  city  round, 

and  traverfe  ev'ry  ftreet. 
25  Then,  as  for  malice  now  they  do> 

for  hunger  let  them  {bray  : 
And  yell  their  vain  complaints  aloud> 

defeated  of  their  prey  : 

16  Whilft  early  I  thy  mercy  fing, 

thy  wond'rous  pow'r  confefs  : 
For  thou  haft  been  my  Cure  defence^ 
.  my  refuge  ia  diftrefs. 


ioz  PSALM    lix,   Ix, 

17  To  thee,  with  never-ceafing  praife, 
O  God,  my&rength,  I'll  iing  : 

Thou  art  my  God,  the  rock  from  whence 
my  health  and  fafety  fpring. 

PSA  L  M     LX. 
*dT~\  God,  who  haft  our  troops  difpers'd, 
\J<  Forfakmg  thofe  who  left  thee  iirft.; 
As  we  thy  juft  difpleafure  mourn, 
To  us  in  mercy,  Lord,  return. 

2  Our  ftrength,  «Rat  firm  as  earth  did  ftandK 
Is  rentby  thy  avenging  hand  : 

O!  heal  the  breaches  rhou  haft  made  : 
We  (hake,  we  fall,  without  thy  aid.. 

3  Our  folly's- fid  effects  we. feel  ', 
For,  drunk  with  difcord's  cup  we  reel, 

4  But  now,  for  them  who  thee  rever'd, 
Thou  haft  thy  truth's  bright  banner  rear'di 

5  Let  thy  right-hand  thy  faints  protect  : 
Lord,  hear  the  pray'rs  that  we  direcl:. 

6  The  holy  God  has  ipoke  ;  and  I, 
O'erjoy'd*.  on  his  firm  word  rely. 

To  thee  in  portions  I'll  divide 
FairSichem's  foil,  Samaria's  pride  :• 
To  Sichem,  Succoth  next  I'll  join, 
And  meafure  outlier  vale  by  line, 

7  ManafTeh,  Gilead,  both  fubfcribe 

To  my  commands  with  Ephraim's  tribe, 
Ephraim  by  arms  fupports  my  caufe, 
And  Judahby  religious  laws. 

8  Moab,  my  flave  and  drudge  fhall  be, 
Nor  Edom  from  my  yoke  get  free  ; 
Proud  Palatine's  imperious  flate 
Shall  humbly  on  our  triumph  wait. 

0  But 


&  S  A  L  M     Ix,  Ixi,  ioo 

$  But  who  fhall  quell  thefe  mighty  pow'rs 
Aad  clear  my  way  to  Edoors  tow'rs  ? 
Or  through  her  guarded  frontiers  tread 
The  path  that  does  to  conqueft  lead  ? 
loEv'n  thou,  O  God,  who  haft  difpers'd 
Our  troops  (for  we  forfook  thee  £rrr) 
Thofe,  whom  thou  didft  in  wrath  forfake^. 
Aton'd,  thou  wilt  vi&orious  make. 

1 1  Do  thou  our  fainting  caufe  fuftain.  y 
For  human  fuccours  are  but  vain. 

1 2  Frefh  ftrength  and  courage  God  beftows  > 
Tis  he  treads  down  our  proudeft  foes. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXL 

1  "f*     ORD,  hear  my  cry,  regard  my  pray'r 
jl   j    which  I  opprefs'd  with  grief  ; 

2  From  earth's  remoter!:  parts  addrefs 
to  thee  for  kind  relief. 

O  lodge  me  fafe  beyond  the  reach 

of  perfecuting  powV, 
%  Thou,  who  fo  oft  from  fpiteful-foes* 

haft  been,  my  iheit'ring  towY. 

4  So  fhall  lin  thy  facred  courts 

fecure  from  danger  lie  ; 
Beneath  the  covert  of  thy  wings, 

all  future  ftorms  defy. 
j£  In  ilgn  my  vows  are  heard,  onceTmore, 

I  o'er  thy  chofen  reign  : 

6  Oiblefs  with  long  and  profp'rous  life, . 

the  king  thou  did'ft  ordain. 

7  Confirm  his  throne,  and  make  his  reiga 
accepted  in  thy  light  j 

And  let  thy  truth  and  mercy  both 

in  his  defence  unite.  8  So 


f©4  FS'ALM    Ixi,  lxi;. 

£  So  mall  I  ever  iing  thy  praife, 

thy  najac  for  ever  blefsj 
Devote  my  profp'rous  days  to  pay 

the  vows  of  my  diftrefs. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXII. 

1 1\  /T  Y  *°ul  *"or  heIp  on  ^oc*  rc^es  ? 

2-lvJL    From  him  alone  my  fafety  flows  r 
My  rock,  my  health,  that  ftrength  fuppiles> 
To  bear  the  fhock  of  all  my  foes. 

3  How  long  will  ye  contrive  my  .fall* 
Which  will  buthaften  on  your  own  L 
You'll  totter  like  a  bending  wall, 
Or  fence  of  uncemented  ftone. 

4  To  make  my  envy'd  honours  lefs, 
They  ftiive  with  lies,  their  chief  delight; 
For  they,  tho'  with  their  mouth  tiiey   biefs^ 
In  private  curie  with  inward  fpite. 

5,  6  But  thou,  my  foul,  on  God  rely  j 
On  him  alone  thy  truft  repofe  : 
My  rock  and  health  with  ftrength  fupp^y> 
To  bear  the.  fhock.  of  all.  my  foea. 

7  God  doe9  his  faving  health  difpenfe^ 
And  flowing  bleflings  daily  fend  : 

He  is  my  fortrefs  and  defence  *, 
On  him  my  foul  (hall  ft  ill  depend. 

8  In  him,  ye  people,  always  truft  ; 
before  his  throne  pour  out  your  hearts  ^ 
For  God ,.  the  merciful  andjuft, 

His  timely  aid  to  us  imparts. 

o  The  vulgar  fickle  are  and  frail; 
The  great  diilemHe  and  betray  •, 
And  laid  in  truth's  impartial  fcale, 
The  lighted  things  will  both  outweigh. 

io  Then 


PSALM     Ixii,  Ixiii.  105 

16  Then  truft  not  in  oppreffive  ways  $ 
By  fpoil  and  rapine  grow  not  vain  ; 
Nor  let  your  hearts,  if  wealth  encreafe^ 
Befet  too  much  upoa  your  gain. 

1 1  For  God  has  oft  his  will  exprefs'd3 
Arid  I  this  truth  have  fully  known  j 
To  be  of  boundiefs  pow'r  pofTefs'd, 
belongs,  of  right,  to  God  alone. 

12  Though  mercy  is  his  darling  graee^ .,, 
In  which  he  chiefly  takes  delight  j 

Yet  will  he  all  the  human  race 
According  to  their  works  requite.. 

PSALM     LXIII. 
1  /~\  GOD,  my  gracious  God,  to  thee, 
%^f   My  morning  pray'rs  mail  offer'd  be  | * 
For  thee  my  thurfty  foul  does  pant  -j 
My  fainting  flefh  implores  thy  grace. 
Within  this  dry  and  barren  place, 
Where  I  re«frefliing  waters  want. 

2  O  !  to  my  longing  eyes  once  more 
That  view  of  glorious  pow'r  reftore, 
Which  thy  majeftic  houfe  difplays  5 

3  Becaufe  to  me  thy  wond'rous  love 
Than  life  itfelf  does  dearer  prove,  1  , 

My  lips  fhall  always  fpeak  thy  praife*  . 

4  My  life,  while  I  that  life  enjoy, 
In  bleffing  God  I  will  employ  ; 

With  lifted  hands  adore  his  name  j  , 

5  My  foul's  content  fhall  be  a.s  great 
As  theirs,  whofe  choiceit  dainties  eat, 

While  I  with  joy  his  praife  proclaim . 
6,  When  down  I  lie,  fweet  fleep  to  flnd? 
Thou,  Lord,  art  prefent  to  my  mind  ; 

And  when  I  wake  in  dead  of  night, 

7  Becaufe 


tod  P  SALM     lxiii,    Ixiv. 

7  Becaufe  thou  (till  doft  fuccour  bring,. 
Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  wing 
I  reft  with  fafety  and  delight. 

S  My  foul,  when  foes  would  me  devour, 
Cleaves  faft  to  thee,  whofe  matchlefs  powV 

In  her  fupport  Is  daily  fhown  : 
9  But  thole  the  righteous  Lord  fhall  flay, 
That  my  deftru&ion  wifh  •,  and  they, 

That  feek  my  life  fhall  loofe  their  own* 

10,  1 1  They  by  untimely  ends  fhall  die, 
Their  flefli  a  prey  to  foxes- lie  ; 

But  God  fhall  fill  the  king  with  joy; 
Who  fwears  by  thee  fhall  ftiil  rejoice; 
Whilft  the  falfe  tongue,  and  lying  voice,. 

Thou,  Lord,  fhall  filence  and  d.eftroy* 

PSALM     LXIV. 
I T    ORD,hear  the  voice  of  my  complaint^ 

&_j  to  my  requeft  give  ear  ; 

Preferve  my  life  from  cruel  foes, 

and  free  my  foul  from  fear. 

2  O  \  hide  me  with  thy  tender  care 
in  fome  fecure  retreat, 

From  finners  that  againft  me  rife  % 
and  ail  their  plots  defeat. 

3  See  how,  intent  to  wprfc  my  harm, 
they  whet  their  tongues  like  fwords  %■ 

And  bend  their  bows  to  fhoot  their  dartv 
fharp  lies  and  bitter  words. 

4  Lurking  in  private,  at  the  jufr,  . 
they  take  their  fecret  aim  ; 

And  fuddenly  at  him  they  fhoot, 
quite  void  of  fear  and  ihame- 

j  To 


PSA   S,   M    lxiv,    Ixv.  $% 

5  To  carry  on  their  ill  de£gns 
they  mutually  agree  5 

They'fpeak  of  laying  private  fnare-s, 
and  think  that  none  fhall  fee. 

6  With  ufoioft  diligence  and  care 
their  wicked  pkttsthey  lay  : 

The  deep  defigns  of  aR  xh'dr  hearts 
are  only  to  betray, 

7  But  God,  to  anger  jnft'Iy  rhov'd, 
his  dreadful  bow  fhall  bend, 

And  on  his  hying  arrow's  point 
fhall  fwift  deftrucYion  fend.  - 

8  Thofe  flanders  which  their  mouths  did  vent 
upon  themfelves  fhall    fall  ; 

Their  crimes  difclos'd  fhall  make  them  be 
defpis'd  and  fnunn?d  by  all. 

9  The  world  {hall  ihea  God's  pow'r  confefs? 
and  nations  trembling  ftand  ; 

Convinced,  that  'tis  the  mighty  work 
of  his  avenging  hand : 

10  Whiiit.  righteous  men,  by  God  fecur'd, 
in  him  fhali  gladly  truft  ; 

And  all  thelinVning  earth  fhall  hear 
loud  triumphs  of  the  juft. 

PSALM      LXV, 

iTC1  OR.  thee,  O  God,  our  conusant  praife 

_£j     In  Sion  waits,  thy  chofen  feat  : 
Our  pro-mis'd  altars  there  we'll  raife, 
And  all  our  zealous  vows  complete. 
7.  O  thou, -who  to  my  humble  pray'r 
Didft  always  bend  thy  lift'ning  ear, 
To  thee  fhall  all  mankind  repair, 
And  at  thy  gracious  throne  appear. 

3  Que 


jo8  P    S     A    L    M     hnr. 

3  Our  fins  (tho*  numberlefs)  in  vain 
To  ftop  thy  flowing  mercy  try  ; 
Whilft  thou  o'erlook'ft  the  guilty  {lain, 
And  wafheft  out  the  crimfon  dye. 

4  Blefl  is  the  man,  who  near  thee  plac,d> 
"Within  thy  facred  dwelling  lives  -, 
Whilft  we,  at  humbler  diftance  tafte 
The  vaft  delight  thy  temple  gives. 

5  By  wond'rous  a£ls,  O  God  mod  juft, 
Have  we  thy  gracious  aniwer  found  : 

4n  thee  remoteft  nations  truft, 
Andthofe  whom  (lormy  waves  furround! 
6,  7  God,  by  his  ftrength,  fets  faft  the   hills. 
And  does  his  matchlefs  pow'r  engage  ; 
"With  which  the  feas  loud  waves  he  flills, 
And  angry  crouds  tumultuous  rage. 

PART      II. 

3  Thou,  Lord,  dofl  barbVous  lands  difm&y, 
When  they  thy  dreadful  tokens  view  : 
With  joy  they  fee  the  night  and  day 
Each  other  track,  by  turns,  purfue. 
9  From  out  thy  unexhaufted  ftore 
Thy  rain  relieves  the  thurfty  ground  ; 
Makes  lands  that  barren  wheie  before, 
With  corn  and  ufeful  fruits  abound. 

io  On  rifing  ridges  down  it  pours, 

And  every  furrow'd  valley  fills  : 

Thou  mak'fl  them  foft  with  gentle  fhow'rt 

In  which  a  blefl:  increafe  riftills. 

1 1  Thy  goodnefs  does  the  circling  year, 

With  frefh  returns  of  plenty  crown  ; 

And  where  thy  gl'orious  paths  appear, 

Thy  fruitful  clouds  drop  fatnefs  down. 

12  They 


PSALM    lxv,  IxvL  109 

$2  They  drop  on  barren  forefts,  changM 
By  them  to  paftures  frefh  and  green  : 
The  hills  about,  in  order  raog'd, 
In  beauteous  robes  of  joy  are  feen. 
13  Large  flocks  with  fleecy  wool  adorn 
The  chearfui  downs  ;  thevallies  bring 
A  plenteous  crop  of  full  ear'd  corn, 
And  feem,  for  joy,  to  fhout  and  fing. 
PSALM    LXVI. 

iT    E  T  all  the  lands  with  fhouts  of  joy* 

2  \^j  to  God  their  voices  raife  j 
Sing  pfalms  in  honour  to  his  name, 

and  fpreadhis  glorious  praife. 

3  And  let  them  fay,  how  dreadful,  Lord, 
in  all  thy  works  art  thou  \ 

To  thy  great  pow'r  thy  ftubborn  foes 
{hall  all  be  forcM  to  bow. 

4  Thro'  ail  the  earth  the  nations  round 
fhall  thee  their  God  confefs ; 

And  with  glad  hymns  their  awful  dread 
of  thy  great  name  exprefs. 

5  O  !  come,  behold  the  works  of  God  ; 
and  then  with  me  you'll  own, 

That  he  to  all  the  fons  of  men 
has  wond'rous  judgments  fhown. 

6  He  made  the  fea  become  dry  land, 
through  which  our  fathers  waik'd  -\ 

Whiift  to  each  other  of  his  might 
with  joy  his  people  talk'd. 

7  He  by  his  pow'r  for  ever  rules ; 
his  eyes  the  world  furvey  : 

Let  no  prefuraptuous  man  rebel 
again  ft  his  fov'reign  fway, 

K  PART 


no  PSALM  l**i. 

PART     II. 

8,  9  O!    all  ye  nations,  blefs  our  God, 

and  loudly  fpeak  his  praife  ; 
Who  keeps  our  foul  alive,  and  &ill 

confirms  our  fledfaft  ways. 
io  For  thou  haft  try'd  us,  Lord,  as  fire 

does  try  the  precious  ore  : 

1 1  Thou  brot'ft  us  into  ftreights,  where  w£ 
i    oppreffing  burdens  bore. 

1 2  Infulting  foes  did  us,  their  flaves, 
thro1  fire  and  water  chafe  ; 

But  yet,  at  laft  thou  brought'ft  us  forth 
into  a  wealthy  place. 

13  Burnt-offVings  to  thy  houfe  I'll  bring, 
and  there  my  vows  I'll  pay  : 

14  Which  I  with  folemn  zeal  did  make 
in  trouble's  difmal  day. 

15  Then  fhall  the  richeft  incenfe  fmoke 
the  fatteft  rams  fhall  fall, 

The  choiceft  goats  from  out  the  fold, 
and  bullock  from  the  ftall. 

16  O  !  come,  all  ye  that  fear  the  Lord  j 
attend  with  heedful  care, 

Whilft  I,  what  God  for  me  has  done, 
with  grateful  joy  declare. 

17,  iS  As  I  before,  his  aid  implor'd, 

fo  now  I  praife  his  name  -, 
Who,  if  my  heart  had  harbour'd  fin, 

would  all  my  prayVs  difclaim. 
19  But  God  to  me,  whene'er  I  cry'd, 

his  gracious  ear  did  bend  5 
And  to  the  voice  of  my  requeft, 

with  conftam  love  attead. 

zo  Then 


t S  AIM   lxvi,  lxvii.  ni 

20  Then  blefs'd  for  ever  be  my  God, 

who  never  when  I  pray, 
With-holds  his  mercy  from  my  fouls 

nor  turns  his  face  away. 

F  S  A  L  M     LXVIL    • 

I  rTF*  (J  blefs  thy  chofen  race, 
1.      in  mercy,  Lord,  incline  ; 

And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  face 
on  all  thy  faints  to?  fhine  j 
2  That  fo  thy  wond'rous  way 
may  through  the  world  be  known  ^ 

While  diftant  lands  their  tribute  payy 
and  thy  falvatioa  own. 

%  Let  difPring  nations  join 

to  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 
Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  co'mbinc 

to  praife  thy  glorious  name, 

4  0  kt  them  £bout  and  fing, 

difTolv'd  in  pious  mirth  5 
For  thou  the  righteous  Judge  and  King* 

fhalt  govern  all  the  earth, 

jjf  Let  cfifF  'ring  nations  join* 
to  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 
Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combins 
to  praife  thy  glorious-  name. 

6  Then  {hall  the  teeming  ground 
a  large  mereafe  difclofe  , 

And  we  with  plenty  fhall  be  crown'iy 
which  God,  our  God,  beftows. 

7  Then  God  upon  our  land 
fhall  conftant  blefliogs  fhowV ; 

And  all  the  world  in  awe  fhall  ftand 
©f  his  reMlefs  pow'r.         PSALM 


U2  PSALM       Ixviii. 

PSALM   LXVIII. 

i T     ET  God,  the  God  of  battle,  rife, 

I   i    And  fcatter  his  prefumptuous  foes: 
Lei  ihameful  rout  their  hoft  furprife, 
Who  fpiteiully  his  pow'r  oppofe. 
1  As  fmoke  in  ternpefts  rage  is  loft, 
Or  wax  into  the  furnace  caft  ; 
So  let  their  facrilegious  hoft 
Before  his  wrathful  preience  wafte. 

3  But  let  the  fervants  of  his  will 
His  favours  gentle  beams  enjoy  ; 
Their  upright  hearts  let  gladnefs  fill, 
And  chearful  fongs  their  tongues  employ* 

4  To  him  your  voice  in  anthems  raife  \ 
Jehovah's  awful  name  he  bears  : 

In  him  rejoice  ;  extol  his  praife, 
Who  rides  upon  high-rolling  fpheres. 

■ 

5  Him,  from  his  empire  of  the  Ikies, 
To  this  low  world  companion  draws* 
The  orphan's  claim  to  patronize, 
And  judge  the  injur'd  widow's  caufe. 

6  'Tis  God,  who  from  a  foreign  foil 
Reftores  poor  exiles  to  their  home  ; 
Makes  captives  free  ;  and  fruitlefs  toil, 
Their  proud  oppreflbrs  righteous  doom, 

7  'Twas  fo  of  old,  when  thou  did'ft  lead 
In  perfon,  Lord,  our  armies  forth  ; 
Strange  terrors  through  the  defert  fpread, 
Convulfions  fhook  the  aftonifh'd  earth. 

8  The  breaking  clouds  did  rain  diftill, 
And  heavVs  high  arches  fhook  with  fear, 
How  then  fliould  Sinai's  humble  hill 

Of  Ifrael's  God  the  prefence  bear  ! 

9  Thy 


PSALM   Ixviii.  113 

0  Thy  hand,  at  famifh'd  earth's  complaint,. 
Reliev'd  her  from  celeftial  ftores  j 

And,  when  thy  heritage  was  faint, 
Aflwag'd  the  drought  withplenteousfhow'rs* 

10  Where  favages  had  rang'd  before, 
At  eafe  thou  mad' ft  our  tribes  refide. 
And  in  the  defert  for  the  poor, 

Thy  gen'rous  bounty  did  provide. 

PART     IL 

1 1  Thou  gav'ft  the  word ;  we  Tallied  fortb^ 
And  in  that  pow'rful  word  o'ercame  ; 
Whilft  virgin-troops,  with  fongs  of  mirth* 
In  ftafe  our  eon'queft  did  proclaim. 

12  Vaft  armies,  by  fuch  gen'rals  led, 
As  yet  had  ne'er  receiv'd  a  foil, 
Forfook  their  camp  with  fudden  dread, 
And  ta  our  women  left  the  fpoil. 

1  -j  Though  Egypt's  drudges  you  have  been; 
Your  army's  wings  fhall  fhine  as  bright 

As  doves  in  golden  fun-fhine  feen, 

Or  fllverM  o'er  with  paler  light. 

14  Twas  fo,  when  God's  almighty  hand 

O'er  fcatter'd  kings  the  conquerl  won  m9 

Our  troops,  drawn  up  on  Jordan's  ftrandr 

High.  Salmon's  glitt'ri&g  fnow  outihone. 

15-  From  thence  to  Jordan's  farther  ooa{t> 
And  Bafhan's  hill  we  did  advance  :. 
No  more  her  height  fhall  Btihan  boaft, 
But  that  fhe's  God's  inheritance. 
16  i&ut  wherefore  (tho'  the  honour's  great^ 
Should  this,  0  mountain,  fwell  your  pride  I 
For  Sion  is  his  cholen  feat* 
Where  he  for  ever  will  refide. 

K  3.  *7  Kit 


17  His  chariots  numberlefs;  his  powVa 
Are  heav'nly  hofts,  that  wait  his  will  -r 
His  prefence  now  fills  Sion's  tow'rs, 
As  once  ithonour'd  binai's  hill. 

18  Afcending  high  in  triumph  thou 
Captivity  haft  captive  led ; 

And  on  thy  people  didft  beftow 
The  fpoil  of  armies  once  their  dread* 

Ev'n  rebels  fhall  partake  thy  grace, 
And  humble  profelytes  repair 
To  worfhip  at  thy  dwelling  place, 
And  all  the  world  pay  homage  therq* 

19  For  benefits  each  day  beitow'd. 
Be  daily,  his  great  name  ador'd  ; 

20  Who  is  our  Saviour,  and  our  God^ 
©f  life.and  death  the  fcv'reign  Lord. 

21  But  juftice  for  his  hardened  foes 
Proportioned  vengeance  hath  decreed,, 
To  wound  the  hoary  head  of  thofe, 
Who  in  prefumptuous  crimes  proceed. 
12  The  Lord  has  thus  in  thunder  fpoker 
w   As  I  fubdu'cl  proud  Bafhan's  king, 

<(  Qnce  more  I'll  break  my  people's  yoke, 
**  And  from  the  deep  m'y  fervants  bring : 

23  M  Their  feet  fhall  with  a  crimfon  flood^ 
"  Of  flaughter'd  foes  be  cover'd  o'er ;  . 

*<  Nor  earth  receive  fuch  impious  blood, 
*  But  leave  for  dogs  th'  unhallow'd  gore." 

PART     III, 

24  When,  marching  to  thy  bleft  abode, 
The  wond'ring  multitude  furvey'd 
The  pompous  ftate  of  thee,  our  God, 
In  robes  of  majefty  array 'dj 

2?  Swef 


25;  fweet  finging  Levhes  led  the  van : 
Loud  inftruments  brought  up  the  rear; 
Between  both  troops  a  virgin  train 
With  voice  and  timbrel  charm'd  the  ear,. 

26  Thi3  was  the  burden  of  their  fcng  i 
"  In  full  auemblies  blefe  the  Lord  ; 

"  All  who  to  Ifrael's  tribes  belong, 
w  The  God  of  Ural's  praife  record/* 

27  Nor  little  Benjamin  alone 

From  neighb'ring  bounds  did  there  attend^ 

Nor  only  Judah's  nearer  throne 

Her  councilors  in  ftate  did  {end ..;, 

But  Zebulon's  remoter  ieat3, 

And  Napthali's- more  diftant  coafty 

(The  grand  procem*onto  complete)" 

Sent  up  their  tribes  a  princely  hoi*:. 

28  Thus  God  to  fkength  and  union  brought 
Our  tribes,  at  ftrife  till  that  bleft  hour  :. 
This  work,which. thou,  OGod,  haft  wrought 
Confirm  with  frefli  recruits  of  pow'r, 

29  To  vifit  Salem,  Lord,  defcend,, 
And  Sion  thy  terrellial  throne  \. 
Where  kings  with  prefents  fhall  attend^ 
And  thee  with  offer'd  crowns"  atone. 

30  Break  dbwa  the  fpearmans  ranks,  who* 
Like  pampered  herds  of  favage  might:  (threat 
Their  filver  armour'd  chiefs  defeat^ 

Who  in  defbruclive  war  delight. 

3 1  Egypt  ffoall  then  to  God  Wretch  forth 
Her  hands",  and  Afric  r.omage  bring  : 

32  The  fcatter'd  kingdoms  of  the  eartb 
Their  common  fovVcign's  praifes  ling  % 

23  ^^i 


1 16     PSALM     btvlw,   kix. 

33  Who,  mounted  on  the  Iofrieft  fphere 
Of  ancient  heav'n  fuWimely  rides  ; 
From  whence  his  dreadful  voice  we  hear,. 
Like  that  of  warring  winds  and  tides. 

34  Afcribe  ye  pow'r  to  God  moft  high 
Of  humble  lirael  he  takes  care  ; 

Whofe  ftrength,  from  out  the  dufky  fky,, 
Darts  fhining  terrors  through  the  air. 

3  >  How  dreadful  are  the  facred  courts, 
Where*  God  has  fix'd  his  earthly  throne  I 
Hi?  ftrength  his  feeble  faints  fupports  ! 
%o  God  give  praife,  to  hitn  alone 

P  S  A  L  M    LXIX. 

1  O  AVE  me,  OGod,  from  waves  that  tidlf, 
^3    And  preis  to  overwhelm  my  foul* 

2  With  painful  fteps  in  mire  I  tread,. 
And  deluges  o'er.flow  my  head. 

3  With  reftlefs.  cries  my  fpirits  faint  \ 
My  voice  is  hoarfe  with  long  complaint  j 
My  fight  decays  with  tedious  pain„ 
Whilft  for  my  God  I  wait  in  vain* 

4  My  hairs,  tho'  num'rous,  are  but  few, 
Compar'cl  with  foes  that  me  purrue 

With  groundlefs  hate,  grown  now  of  mighty 
To  execute  their  lawleis  fpite  ; 
They  force  me,  guilt  lefs,  to  refignr 
As  vipine,  what  by  right  was  mine. 

5  Thou,  Lord,  my  fooiifhnefs  doft  feej 
Nor  are  my  fins  conceal'd  from  thee. 

6  Lord  God  of  hor^,  take  timely  care,. 
Left,  for  my  fake  thy  faints  defpair  : 

7  Since  I  have  fuffer'd  for  thy  name 
Reproach,  and  hide  my  face  in  fhame ; 

*  A 


PSALM      ixfx.  117 

8  A  Granger  to  my  country  grown, 
Nor  to  my  neareft  kindred  known  ». 
A  foreigner,  expos'd  to  fcorn 

By  brethren  of  my  mother  born. 

9  For  zeal  to  thy  lov'd  houfe  and  name> 
Confumes  me  like  devouring  flame  ; 
Concern'd  at  their  affronts  to  thee, 
More  than  at  {landers  caft  on  me. 

10  My  very  tears  and  abftinence, 

They  conftrue  in  a  fpiteful  fenfe.  (fake 

1 1  When  cloath'd  with  fackcloth  for  their 
They  me  their  common  proverb  make. 

12  Their  judges  make  my  wrongs  their  jeft, 
Thofe  wrongs  they  ought  to  have  redrc&M* 
How  fhouid  I  then  expert  to  be      3 

From  libels  of  lewd  drunkards  free  ? 

13  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  will  repair 
For  help,  with  humble,  timely  pray'r  t 
Relieve  me  from  thy  mercy's  ftore  : 
Bifplay  thy  truth's  pi  eferving  pow'r~ 

14  From  threat'ning  dangers  me  relieve^ 
And  from  the  mire  my  feet  retrieve  ; 
From  fpiteful  foes  in  fafety  keep, 

And  fnatch  me  from  the  raging  deep. 

1 5  Controul  the  deluge,  e'er  it  fpread„ 
And  roll  it's  waves  above  my  head  j 
Npr  deep  destruction's  yawning  pit 
To  clofe  her  jaws  on  me  permit* 

16  Lord,  hear  the  bramble  pray'r   I  mak%, 
For  thy  tranfeending  goodnefs  fake  ; 
Relieve  thy  fupplicant  once  more 

From  thy  abounding  mercy's  £k>re. 

17  Ner 


n%  PSALM    fcsix. 

j  7  Nor  from  thy  fervant  hide  thy  face  t 
Make  hafte,  for  defp'rate  is  my  cafe  : 

18  Thy  timely  fuccour  interpofe, 
And  fhield  me  from  remorfelefs  foes. 

ro  Thouknow'ft  what  infamy  and'  fcoro 
I  from  my  enemies  have  borne  ; 
Nor  can  their  clofe-dinembled  fpite, 
Or  darkeft  plots  efcape  'hy  fight. 

20  Reproach  and  grief  have  broke  my  hearty 
I  iook'd  for  fome  to  take  my  part, 

To  pity  or  relieve  my  pain  \ 

But  Iook'd  alas  1  for  both  ia  vain, 

21  With  hunger  pinM  for  food  I  call % 
Inftead  of  food,  they  give  me  gall  : 
And  when  with  thirft  my  fpirits  fink* 
They  give  me  vinegar  to  drink. 

22  Their  table  therefore  to  their  healths 
Shall  prove  a  fnare,  a  trap  their  wealth  £ 

23  Perpetual  darknefs  feize  their  eyes  ; 
And  fudden  blafts  their  hopes  furprize. 

24  On  them  thou  fhalt  thy  fury  pour, 
Till  thy  fierce  wrath  their  race  devour  ;j 

25  And  make  their  houfe  a  difmal  cell, 
Where  none  will  e'er  vouchfafe  to  dwell, 

26  For  new  afflictions  they  procur'd 
For  him  who  had  thy  ftripes  endur'd  ; 
And  made  the  wounds  thy  fcourge  had  tornr 
To  bleed  afrefh  with  fharper  icorn* 

27  Sin  fhall  to  fin  their  fteps  Betray, 
Till  they  to  truth  have  loft  the  way. 
From  life  thou  fhalt  exclude  their  foul> 
Nor  with  the  juit  their  names  inroil. 

29  But 


PSALM    Xxix,    Ixxo  1 19 

g$  But  me,  howe'er  diilrefsM  and  poor, 
Thy  ftrong  falvatien  fhall  reflore  : 

30  Thy  pow'r  with  longs  I'll  then  proclaim^ 
And  celebrate  with  thanks  thy  name. 

3 1  Our  God  fhafl.  this  more  highly  prize, 
Than  herds  and  flocks  in  facrifice  ; 

32  Which  humble  faints  with  joy  fhall  fee^ 
And  hope  with  like  redrefs  with  me. 

33  For  God  regards  the  poor's  complaint  ^ 
"Sets  prisoners  free  from  clofe  restraint. 

34  Let  heav'n,  earth,  lea,  their  voices  raife^ 
Anql  all  the  world  refound  his  praife. 

35  For  God  will  Sion's  walls  erect  1 
Fair  Ju dak's  cities  he'll  protect  *, 
Till  all  her  fcatter'd  fons  repair 

To  undifturb*d  polTemon  there., 

36  This  blefling  they  fhall,  at  their  death* 
To  their  religious  heirs  bequeath  j 

And  they  to  endlefs  ages  more, 
Of  mch  as  his  bleft  name  adore. 

PSALM    LXX. 

1  f~\  L  O  R  D,  to  my  relief  draw  near  ; 
\^f    For  never  was  more  prefllng  need  1 

For  my  delivVance,  Lord,  appear 
And  add  to  that  deliy'ranee  fpeed . 

2  Confufion  on  their  heads  return ; 
Who  to  deftroy  my  foul  combine  : 
Let  them,  defeated,  blufli  and  mount* 
Eninar'd  in  their  own  vile  defign. 

3  Their  doom  let  defolation  be  ; 
With  ihame  their  malice  be  repaid, 
Who  mock'd  my  confidence  in  thee, 
And  fport  of  roy  aiHiftioa  flttde  5 

4  While 


lab  PSA  LM    Ixx,    Ixxi. 

4  While  thofe  who  humbly  feek  thy  face, 
To  joyful  triumphs  fhall  be  rais'd  ; 

And  all,  who  prize  thy  faving  grace, 
With  me  fhall  fing,  the  Lord  be  prais'd. 

5  Thus  wretched  though  I  am,  and  poor, 
The  mighty  Lord  of  me  takes  care  : 
Thou,  God,  who  only  can'ft  reftore, 

To  my  relief  with  fpeed  repair. 

PSALM     LXXI. 

i  TN  thee  I  put  my  fledfaft  truft  ; 

2  JL  defend  me,  Lord,  from  (hame  : 
Incline  thine  ear,  and  fave  my  foul  ; 

for  righteous  is  thy  name. 

3  Be  thou  my  ftrong  abiding-place, 
to  which  I  may  refort : 

*Tis  thy  decree  that  keeps  me  fafe  ; 
Thou  art  my  rock  and  fort. 

4,  5  From  cruel  and  ungodly  men 

protect  and  fet  me  free ; 
For  from  my  earlieft  youth  till  now, 

my  hope  has  been  in  thee. 
6  Thy  conftant  care  did  fafely  guard 

my  tender  infant  days  ; 
Thou  took'ft  me  from  my  mother's  womb, 

to  fing  thy  conftant  praife. 

7,  8  While  fome  on  me  with  wonder  gaze 

thy  hand  fupports  me  (till : 
Thy  honour  therefore,  and  thy  praife, 

my  mouth  fhall  always  fill. 
9  Reject  not  then  thy  fervant,  Lord, 

when  I  with  age  decay  : 
Forfake  me  not,  when  worn  with  years, 

my  vigour  fades  away. 

10  My 


PS  AL  M    ixxl.  123 

to  My  foes,  againft  my  fame  and  me, 

with  crafty  malice  ipeak  ; 
ilgainft  my  foul  they  lay  their  {hares, 

and  mutual  counfel  take. 
ii   "  His  God,  fay  they,  forfakes  him  no^8 

u  on  whom  he  did  rely  : 
6f  Purfue  and  take  him,  whiift  no  hope. 

"  of  timely  aid  is  nigh." 

12  Bpt  thou,  my  God,  withdraw  not  far^ 
for  fpeedy  help  I  call  ; 

13  To  fhame  and  ruin  bring  my  foes3 
that  feek  to  work  my  fall. 

14  But  as  for  me,  my  ftedfaft  hope 
fhall  on  thy  pow'r  depend  5 

And  I  in  grateful  longs  of  praife, 
my  time  to  come  will  fpend. 

PART      II. 

55  Thy  righteous  a&s  and  faving  heaitb 

my  mouth  fhall  ftill  declare  ; 
Unable  yet  to  count  them  all, 

tho*  fum'd  with  utmoft  care, 

16  While  God  vouchsafes  me  his  ftippore, 
I'll  in  his  ftvength  go  on  ; 

AH  other  righteoufnefs  difclaim, 
and  mention  his  alone. 

17  Thou,  Lord,  haft  taught  me  from  my 
to  praife  thy  glorious  name  :  (youth 

And  ever  fince  thy  wond'rous  works 
have  been  my  conftant  theme. 

18  Then  now  forfake  me  not,  when  I 
am.  grey  and  feeble  grown  :  - 

Till  I  to  thefe,  and  future  times, 

thy  ftrength  and  powV  have  fhown. 

&  19  How 


nt        PSALM     bcxi,    Ixxii. 

19  How  high  thy  juftice  foars,  O  God  5 
how  great  and  wond'rous  are 

The  mighty  works  which  thou  haft  done  ! 
who  may  with  thee  compare  ! 

20  Me,  whom  thy  hand  has  forely  prefs'4, 
thy  grace  fhall  yet  relieve  : 

And  from  the  loweft  depth  of  woe 
with  tender  care  retrieve. 

2 1  Through  thee,  my  time  to  come  {hall  be 
with  pow'r  and  greatnefs  crown'd  ; 

And  me,  who  difmai  years  have  pafs'd, 
thy  comforts  fhall  furround  : 

22  Therefore  with  pfaltery  and  harp, 
thy  truth,  O  Lord,  I'll  praife  ; 

To  thee,  the  God  of  Jacob's  race, 
jny  voice  in  anthems  raife. 

23  Then  joy  fhall  fill  my  mouth,  and  fongs 
employ  my  chearful  voice  ; 

My  grateful  foul,  by  thee  redeem'd, 
fhall  in  thy  ftrength  rejoice, 

24  My  tongue  thy  juft  and  righteous  acts 
fhall  all  the  day  proclaim  *, 

Becaufe  thou  did5 it  confound  my  foes, 
and  brought'ft  them  all  to  fhame. 

PSALM     LXXII. 

iT     ORD,  let  thy  juft  decrees  the  king 

JL/  in  all  his  ways  direct ; 
And  let  his  fon,  throughout  his  reign, 

thy  righteous  laws  refpecl. 
1  So  fH.-iil  he  ftill  thy  peeple  judge 

with  pure  and  upright  mind, 
Whilft  all  the  helplefs  poor  fhall  him 
their  juft  prottltor  find* 

3  Then 


PSALM    IxxiL  12? 

g  Then  Kills  and  mountains  mall  bring  forth 

the  happy  fruits  of  peace  ; 
Which  all  the  land  fhaU  own  to  be 

the  work  of  righteoufnefs  : 

4  Whilft  he  the  poor  and  needy  race 
fhall  rule  with  gentle  fway, 

And  from  their  humble  neck  fhall  take 
oppreflive  yokes'  away. 

5  In  evVy  heart,  thy  awful  feaF 
{hall  then  be  rooted  faftj 

As  long  as  fun  and  moon  endure, 
or  time  itfelf  fhall  laft. 

6  He  fhall  defcend  like  rain  that  chears 
the  meadows  fecond  birth  ; 

©r  like  warm  fhow'rs  whofe  gentle  drops 
refrefh  the  thirfty  earth. 

7  In  his  bleft  days  the  juft  and  good 
fhall  be  with  favour  crown'd  $ 

The  happy  land  fhall  ev'ry-wherc 
with  endlefs  peace  abound. 

8  His  uncontroul'd  dominion  fhall 
from  fea  to  fea  extend  ; 

Begin  at  proud  Euphrates'  ftreams, 
at  nature's  limits  end. 

9  To  him  the  favage  nations  round 
mail  bow  their  fervile  heads  : 

His  vanquifh'd  foes  fhall  fick  the  duft, 
where  he  his  conqueft  fpreads  : 

10  The  kings  of  Tarmifh,  and  the  ifles, 
fhall  coftly  prefents  bring ; 

from  fpicy  Sheba  gifts  fhall  come, 
and  wealthy  Saba's  king. 

L  2  11  To 


124  PS  A  L  IvI    Ixxii. 

ii   To  him  fliall  every  king^on  earth 

lr,s  humble  homage  pay; 
And  difPring  nations  gladly  join 

to  own  his  righteous  fway. 

12  For  he  fliall  fet  the  needy  free, 
when  they  for  fnccour  cry  ; 

Shall  fave  the  helplefs,  and  the  poor# 
and  all  their  wants  fupply. 

PART    II. 

13  His  providence  for  needy  fouls, 
fhall  due  fupplies  prepare  : 

And  over  their  defencelefs  lives 
fhall  watch  with  tender  care. 

14  He  (hall  preferve  and  keep  their  foul* 
from  fraud  and  rapine  free; 

And  in  his  fight  their  guiltleis  blood 
of  mighty  price  fhall  be. 

1  c.  Therefore  fhall  God  his  life  and  reiga 

to  many  years  extend  ; 
Whilft  eaftern  princes  tribute  pay, 

and  golden  prefents  fend. 
For  him  fhall  conftant  pray'rs  be  made 

through  all  his  profpVous  days  : 
His  juft  dominion  fhall  afford 

a  lafling  theme  of  praiie. 

16  Of  ufeful  grain,  through  ail  the  land, 

great  plenty  fhall  appear  ; 
A  handful  fown  d$i  mountain  tops 

a  mighty  crop  fhall  bear  : 
Its  fruit,  like  cedars  fhook  by  winds, 

a  rattling  Roife  fliall  yield  : 
The  city  too  fhall  thrive,  and  vie, 

for  plenty,  with  the  field. 

17  The 


PSALM     lxxii,   Ixxiii,  I2| 

l]  The  mem'ry  of  his  glorious  name 

through  endiefs  years  mall  run  ; 
His  ipotlefs  fame  lhall  mine  as  bright 

and  lafting  as  the  fun. 
In  him  the  nations  of  the  world 

ihall  be  completely  blefs'd. 
And  his  unbounded  happinefs 

by  ev'ry  tongue  confeiVd. 

iS  Then  blefs'd  be  God,  the  mighty  Lord; 

the  God  whom  Ifrael  fears  ; 
Who  only  wond'rous  in  his  works, 

beyond  compare,  appears. 
19  Let  earth  be  with  his  glory  fill'd  ; 

for  ever  blcfs  his  name  5 
Wliilft  to  his  praife  the  liit'ning  world 

their  glad  aifent  proclaim. 

PSALM    LXXIII. 

3    A     T  length  by  certain  proofs,  'tis  plain 
X~ jL   That  God  will  to  his  faints  be  kind^ 
That  ail  whole  hearts  are  pure  and  clean, 
Shall  his  protecting  favour  find. 
2,  3  Till  this  fuftaining  truth  I  knew, 
My  itagg'ring-feet  had  almoft  faiFd  : 
I  griev'd,-  the  iinners  wealth  to  view., 
And  envy'd  when  the  fools  prevail'd. 

4;  5  They  to  the  grave  in  peace  defcend, 
And,  whilft  they  live,  are  hale  and  ftrong  % 
No  piague  or  trouble  them  offend, 
Which  oft  to  other   men  beiong. 
:  6,  7  With  pride5  as  with  a  chain,  they're  held. 
Arid  rapine  feems  their  robe  of  ftate  *, 
Their  eyes  ftand  out,  with  fatnefs   fwelfd  y 
They. grow,  beyond  their  wilheb  great. 

L  3  &  o  With 


i26  PSALM    ixxiiL 

8,  9  With  hearts  corrupt,  and  lofty  talk, 

Oppreflive  methods  they  defend  ; 

Their  tongue  thro'  all  the  earth  does  walk, 

Their  blaiphemies  to  heav'n  afcend. 

io   And  yet  admiring  crouds  are  found, 

Who  iervile  vifits  duely  make  ; 

Becaufe  with  plenty  they  abound, 

Of  which  their  flatt'ring  Haves  partake. 

ii  Their- fond  opinion  thefe  purfue, 

Till  they  with  them  profanely  cry, 

€C  How  fhould  the  Lord  our  actions  view  i 

"  Can  he  perceive  who  dwells  fo  high  ?" 

12   Behold  the  wicked  !    thefe  are  they 

Who  openly  their  -fins  profefs  ; 

And  yet  their  wealth's-  increas'd  each  day, 

And  ail  their  actions  meet  fuccefs. 


1 3,14"  Then  have  I  cleans'd  my  heart (faid  1) 
(i   And  wath'd  my  hands  from  guilt,  in  vainj 
c'  If  all  the  day  opprefs'd  I  lie, 
*c   And  evry  morning  futrer  pain." 
15  Thus  did  I  once  to  fpeak  intend  r 
But  if  luch  things  I  raihly  fa£, 
Thy  children,  Lord,  I  muft  offend, 
And  bafely  fhould  their  caufe  betray. 

P  A  R  T     II. 

16,   17  To  fathom  this,  my  thoughts  I  bent 
But  found  the  cafe  too  hard  for  me  ; 
'Till  to  the  houfe  of  God  I  went : 
Then  I  their  end  did  plainly  fee. 
18  How  high  foe'cr  advanced,  they  all 
On  ilipp'ry  places  loofely  ftand  ; 
Thence  into  ruin  headlong  fall, 
Caft  dowjfp.by  thy  avenging  hand. 

19,  20  How 


127        **  S  A-  L  M    Ixxm,    ixxiv. 

1 9,  20  How  dreadful  and  how  quick  their  fate  i 
Defpis'd  by  thee,  when  they're  deftroy'd 
As  waking  men  with  (corn  do  treat 
The  fancies  that  their  dreams  employ  *d. 
2i,  22  Thus  was  my  heart  with  grief  opprefe 
My  reins  were  rack'd  with  reftlefs  pains  ; 
So  ftupid  was  I  like  a  beaft, 
Who  no  reflecting  thought  retains. 

23,  24  Yet  ftill  thy  prefence  me  fuppTy'dj, 
And  thy  right-hand  aftiftance  gave  •, 
Thou  firft  malt  with  thy  counfel  guide, 
And  then  to  glory  me  receive. 
25  Whom  then  in  heav'n  but  thee  alone 
Have  I,  whofe  favour  I  require  ? 
Throughout  the  fpacious  earth  there's  none,, 
That  I  befides  thee  can  defire. 

16  My  trembling  flefh,  and  aching  heart,. 
May  often  fail  to  fuccour  me  ; 
But  God  fhall  inward  fcrength  impart  2 
And  my  eternal  portion  be. 

27  For  they  that  far  from  me  remove, 
Shall  into  ludden  ruin  fall  : 

If  after  other  gods  they  rove, 

Thy  vengeance  fhall  deftroy  them  alk 

28  But  as  for  me,  'tis  good  and  jufi, 
That  I  fhould  ft  HI  to  God  repair  ; 
In  him  I  always  put  my  truit, 

And  will  his  wond'rous  works  declare,-* 

PSALM     <LXXIV. 

ilIT  H  Y  haft  thou  caft  us  off,  O  God 4 
\\      wilt  thou  no  more  return  ? 

O  !  why  againft  thychofen  flock 
does  thy  fierce  anger  burn  j, 

2  Think 


Ki8  P  ff '  A  L  M     Ixxiv: 

2'  Think  on  thy  ancient  purchafe,  Lord, 

the  land  that  is  thy  own, 
By  thee  redeemed  j  and  Sion's  mount, 
.where  once  thy  gioiy  ihone. 

3  Oh,  come  and  view  our  rain'd  flate  t 
how  long  our  troubles  laft  ! 

See  how  the  foe  with  wicked  rage 
has  laid  thy  temple  wafte  ! 

4  Thy  foes  blafpheme  thy-name  ;  where  late-:- 
thy  zealous  iervants  pray'd, 

The  Heathen  there,,  with  haughty  pomp, 
their- banners  have  difp'ay'd. 

5j  6  Thofe  curious  carvings,  which  did  o'ncf 

advance  the  artilVs  fame, 
With  ax  and  hammer  they  deflroy, 

like  works  of  vulgar  frame, 
7.  Thy  holy  temple^hey  have  burnt  j* 

and  what  efcap'd  the  flame, 
Has  been  profan'd,  and  quite  defac'd,. 

though  facred  ro  thy  name. 

8  Thy  worfhip  wholly  to  dertroyy 

maliciouily  they  aim'd  ; 
And  all  the  iacred  places  burn'd, 

where* We  thy  praife  proclaimed, 
p  Yet  of  thy  prefence  thou  vouchfaFftr 

n ^tender  hgns  to  fsnd  : 
We  nave  no  prophet  now,  that  knows 

when  this  lad  itate  fkall  end. 

i  PART     II. 

io'But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  permit 

th'  infuhing.  foe  to  boaft  ? 
Shall  all  the  honour  of  thy  name 

for  evermore  be  loft  ?  i  r     Why 


PSALM     Ixxnr.  t2ij 

* 1  Why  hokTit  thou  back  thy  ftrong  right* 
and  on  thy  patienfbreaft,  (hand, 

When  vengeance  calls  to  ftietch  it  forth* 
fo  calmly  lett'ft  it  reft  ? 

S2  Thou  heretofore  with  kingly  pow'r 

in  our  defence  haft  fought  ; 
For  us,  throughout  the  wo-nd'ring  worlds 

haft  grest  (alvation  -wrought. 

13  '  Fwas  thou,  O  God,  that  didft  the  fea^ 
by  thy  own  ftrength  divide  : 

Thou  brak'ft  the  wat'ry  monfters  heady 
the  waves  o'erwhelm'd  their  pride* 

14  The  greater!:,  fiercer!  of  them  all 
that  feem'd  the  deep  to  fway, 

Was  by  thy  pow'r  deftroy'd,  and  made 
to  favage  beafts  a  prey. 

15  Tfiou  clav'ft  the  folid  rock,  and  mad'ft 
the  waters  largely  flow  : 

Again,  thou  mad*ft,  thro' parting  ftreamsj 
thy  wand'ring  people  go. 

16  Thine  is  the  chearful  day,  and  thine 
the  black  return  of  night ; 

Thou  haft  prepar'd  the  glorious  fun, 
and  ev'ry  feebler  light. 

17  By  thee  the  borders  of  the  earth 
ki  perfect  order  ft  and : 

The  lummer's  warmth,  and  winter's  col& 
attend  on  thy  command. 

PART    III, 

18  Remember,  Lord,  how  fcornful  foes: 
have  daily  urg'd  our  fhame  ; 

And  how  the  foolifli  people  have, 
blafpliem'd  thy  holy  name. 


130  PSALM    Ixxivj.  Ixxv. 

19  O,  free  thy  mourning  turtle-dove, 
by  {infill  crouds  befet  ; 

Nor  the  afTembly  of  thy  poor 
for  evermore  forget. 

20  Thy  ancient  cov'nant,  Lord,  regard, 
and  make  thy  promife  good  5 

For  now  each  corner  .of  the  land 
is  fill'd  with  men  of  blood. 

21  O  let  not  the  opprefs'd  return, 
with  forrow  cloath'd,  and  fhame  j 

But  let  the  helplefs  and  the  poor 
for  ever  praife  thy  name. 

22  Arife,  O  God,  in  our  behalf : 
thy  caufe  and  ours  maintain  : 

Remember  how  infulting  fools 
each  day  thy  name  profane  ! 

23  Make  thou  the  boaftings  of  thy  foes 
for  ever,  Lord,  to  ceafe  ; 

Whofe  infolence,  if  unchaftiz'd, 
will  more  and  more  increafe. 

PSALM    LXXV. 

1  r  I  1 0  thee,  O  God,  we  render  praife, 

to  thee  with  thanks  repair ; 
For,  that  thy  name  to  us  is  nigh, 
thy  wond'rous  works  declare. 

2  In  Ifrael  when  my  throne  is  ftVd, 
with  me  fhall  juftice  reign. 

3  Trie  land  with  difcord  (hakes  ;  but  I 
tht  finking  frame  fuftain. 

4  Deluded  wretches  I  advisyd 
their  errors  to  redrefs  ! 

And  warn'd  bold  fmners,  that  they  fliould 
their  fwelling  pride  fupprefs* 

5  Bear 


P    S    A    L    M    Ixxv,  Ixxvi.         igs 

5  Bear. not  yourfelves  fo  high,  as  if 
no  pow'r  could  your's  reftrain  : 

Submit  your  ftubborn  necks,  and. learn 
to  fpeak  with  lefs  difdain  : 

6  For  that  promotion ,  which  to  gain., 
your  vain  ambition  ftrives, 

From  neither  eaft,  nor  weft,  nor  yet 

from   fouthern  climes  arrives. 
j  For  God  the  great  difpofer  is, 

and  fov'reign  Judge  alone, 
Who  cafts  the  proud  to  earth,  aed  lifts 

the  humble  to  a  throne. 

8  His  hand  holds  forth  a  dreadful  cup  ^ 
with  purple  wine  'tis  crown'd  ; 

The  deadly  mixture,  which  his  wrath. 

deals  out  to  nations  round. 
Of  this  his  faints  fometimes  may  tafte  5 

but  wicked  men  fhall  fqueeze 
Their  bitter  dregs,  and  be  condemn*  d 

to  drink  the  vcryiees. 

9  His  prophet  I,  to  all  the  world 

this  meiTage.  will  relate  : 
Thejuftice  then  of  Jacob's  God 
my  fong  fhall  celebrate. 

10  The  wicked's  pride  I  will  reduce* 
their  cruelty  difarm  ; 

Exalt  the  juft,  and  feat  him  high, 
*feove  the  reach  of  harm. 

PS  A  L  M    LXXVI. 

IN  Judah  the  Almighty's  known 
(Almighty,  there,  by  wonders  fhown  ») 
His  n^ins  in  Jacob  does  er.cel  ; 

..      %  llis 


j3*  PSALM    Ixxvx, 

2  His  fancluary  in  Salem  ftands  : 
The  majefty  that  heaveo  commands, 

InSion  condefcends  to  dwell. 

3  He  brake  the  bows  aad  arrows  there, 
The  fhield,  the  temper'd  iword  and  fpear  9. 

There  flain  the  mighty  army  lay  : 

4  Whence  Sion's  fame  thro*  earth  is  fpread, 
Of  greater  g l»ry,  greater  dread. 

Than  hills  where  robbers  lodge  their  prey„ 

5  Their  valiant  chiefs,  who  came  for  fpoi!, 
Themfelvesmet  there  a  fhuneful  foil  : 

Securely  down  to  fleep  they  lay  *, 
But  wak'd  no  more  ;  their    ftomeft  band 
Ne'er  lifted  one  rciifting  hand 

'Gainft  his  that  did  their  legions  flay. 

{>  When  Jacob's  God  began  to  frown, 
Both  horie  and  charioteers  o'erthrown, 

Together  flept  in  endlefs  night. 
7  When  thou,  whom  earth  and  heav'n  revere 
Doftonce  with  wrathful  look  appear, 

What  mortal  pow'r  can  ftand  thy    fight  ? 

3  Pro'nounc'd  from  heav'n,  earth  heard  its 

(doom ; 
Grew  hufh'd  with  fear  when  thou  did'ft  come, 

9  The  meek  with  juftice  to  reftore. 
Co  The  wrath  of  man  fhali  yiel d  theepraife* 
Its  hit  attempts  but  fcrve  to  raife 

The  triumphs  of  aimigluy   pow'r.. 

1 1  Vow  to  the  Lord :  ye  nations,  bi  ing 
Vow'd  prefents  to  th'  eternal  king  : 
Tiias  to  his  name  due  rev'rence  pay, 

iz  Who 


F  SAL  M   lxxvl5  lxx?K.  133 

12  Who  proudeft  f>otent/ites  can  quell, 
To  emhiy  kings  roo  e  terrible, 

tCijan,  to  their  trembaug  iiibje&s.,  they. 

.  *    P  S  A  L  M     JLXXVII. 

ir  §  *  O  God  I  ery'd,  who  to  my  help 
did  grarioufly  repair  ;       • 

2  In  trouble's  difmai  day  I  fought 
my  God  with  humble  pi  ay'r. 

All  td^ht  my  fcitVing  wound  did  run  .5 

no  med'ane  gave  relief: 
My  ibur'no  comfort  would  admit, 

my  tbul  indulg'd  her  grief. 

3  I  thought  on  God,  and  favours  pafs'df 

but  that  increasM  my  pain  : 
I  found  my  fpirit  more  opprefs'd, 
the  mere  I  did  complain.   • 

4  Thro'  ev'ry  watch  or*  tedious  night 
thou  keep'if  my  eyes- awake  ; 

My  grief  is  fwell'd  to  that  excefe, 
I  figh5  but  cannot  fpeak. 

I  I  calFd-to  mind  the  days  of  old, 

with  fignal  mercy  crown'd  5 
Thofe  famous  years  of  ancient  times^ 

for  miracles  renown'd.  • 

6  By  night  I  recollect  my  fongs, 
on  former  triumphs  made  -, 

TKen  fearch,  confult,  and  afk  my  hearty 
where's  now  that  wondrous  aid? 

7  Has  God  for  ever  raft  us  off  ? 
withdrawn  his  favour  qid  e  ? 

8  Are  both  his  merry  and  his  truth 
reur'd  tg  endlefs  night  I 

M  9  Cm 


134  PS  AIM      lxxvii. 

9  Can  his  long-pra&is'd  love  forget 

its  wonted  aids  to  bring,  ? 
Has  he  in  wrath  fhut  up  andfeal'4 

his  mercy's  healing  fpring  ? 

.10  I  faidj.my  weaknefs  hints  thefe  fears  ; 

but  I'll  my  fears  diiband  5 
I'll  yet  remember  the  Moll  High, 

and  years  of  his  right-hand. 

1 1  I'll  call  to  mind  his  works  of  old, 
the  wonders  of  his  might ; 

12  On  them  my  heart  mall  meditate, 
my  tongue  fhall  them  recite. 

13  Safe  lodg'd  from  human  fearch  on  high, 
O  God,  thy  counfels  are  ! 

Who  is  k)  great  a  God  as  ours  ? 
who  can  with  him  compare  ? 

14  Long  fince  a  God  of  wonders  thee 
thy  refcu'd  people  found  : 

1 5  Long  fince  haft  thou  thy  chofen  feed 
with  ftrong  deliv  Vance  crown.M. 

56  When  thee  O  God,  the  waters  faw, 

the  frighted  billows  fhrunk : 
The  troubled  depths  themfelves,  foriear 

beneath  their  channels  funk. 

17  The  clouds  pour'd  down,  while  rending 
did  with  their  noile  confpire  (Ikies 

X&y  arrows  all  abroad  were  fent, 
wing'd  with  avenging  gre. 

18  Heav'n  with  thy  thunder's  voke  was  torn 
whilft  all  the  lower  world  (feem'd 

^With    lightning    blaz'd,   earth  fhook   acd 
from  her  foundations  hurl'd. 

19  Thro' 


P  S  A  L  M    Ixxvii,  Ixxviii.       135 

19  Thro'  rolling  ftreams  thou  find'ft  thy 
thy  paths  in  waters  lie  ;  (way 

Thy  wond'rous  paffage,  where  no  fight 
thy  footfteps  can  dcicry. 

2c  Thou  led'ftthy  people  like  a  flock  | 

fafe  thro'  the  defart  land, 
By  Mofes,  their  meek  ikilfui  guide* 

and  Aaron's  facred  hand. 

P  S  A  h  M     LXXVIIL 

iT  '  r  E  A.R*  O  my  people,  to  my  lawy 

jL  devout  attention  lend  5 
Let  the  inftrucYion  of  my  mouth 
deep  in  your  hearts  defcend. 

2  My  tongue,  by  infpiration  taught,; 
fhall  parables  unfold, 

Dark  oracles,  but  underrfoodi 
and  own'd^for  truths  of  old  y 

3  Which  we  from  facred  regifters 
of  ancient  times  have  known, 

And  our  forefathers  pious  care 
to  us  Hasr handed  down; 

4  We  will  not  hide  them  froih  our  fons  5' 
our  offspring- mail  be  taught 

The  praifes  of  the  Lord,  whofe  ftrength 
has  works  of  wonders  wrought. 

5  For  Jacob  he  this  law  ordain'd^ 
this  league  with  Ifrael  made  ; 

With  charge,  to  be  from  age  to  age, 
from  race  to  race  convey'd. 

6  That  generations  yet  to  come, 
mould  to  their  unborn  heirs 

Religioufiy  tranfmit  the  fame, 
and  they  again  to  theirs. 

Mz  7  T® 


ty 


PSALM    ixxvm, 


7  To  teach  them  that  in  God  alone 
their  hope  fecurely  {lands  ; 

That  they  ihoulc*  ne'er  his  works  forget, 
but  keep  hisjuft  commands. 

8  Left,  like  their  fathers,  they  might  prove 
a  ftiif  rebellious  race, 

Falfe-hearted,  tickle  to  their  God, 
unftedfaft  in  his  grace. 

9  Such  were  revolting  Ephraim's  fons, 
who  tho'  to  warfare  brtd, 

And  fkilful  archers  arm'd  with  bows, 

from  field  ignobly  fled. 
10,  1 1  Theyfalfify'd  their  league  with  God, 

his  orders  difobey'd, 
Forgot  his  works  ana  miracles 

before  their  eyes  difplay'd. 

12  Nor  wonders,  which  their  fathers  faw\, 
did  they  in  mind  retain  > 

Prodigious  things  in  Egypt  done, 
and  Zoan's  fertile  plain. 

13  He  cut  the  feas  to  let   them  pals,, 
relhain'd  the  preffing  flood  j 

While  pii'd  on  heaps,  on  either  fide, 
the  fblid  water  ftood. 

14  A  w'ondVous  pillar  led  them  on, 
compos'd  of  fhacie  and  light ; 

A  fhelt'iing  cloud  it  prov'd  by  day, 

a  leading  tire  by  night.  (dream 

1 5  When  drought  opprefs'd  them,  where  no 
the  wildernels  iupply'd. 

He  cleft  the  rock,  whole  flinty  breaft' 
diilblv'd  into  a  tide. 

16  Streams 


P  S  At  M      Ixxtiii.  137 

16  Streams  from  the  folid  rock  he  brought 
which  down  in  rivers  fell, 

That  trailing  with  their  camps  each  day 
renew'd  the  miracle. 

17  Yet  there  they  finn'd  againft  him  more^ 
provoking  the  Moft  High  5 

In  the  fame  defart  where  he   did 
their  fainting  fouls  fupply. 

28  They  firft  mcens'd  him  in  their  hearts^ 

that  did  his  pow'r  diitruft, 
And  tong'd  for  meat,  not  urg'd  by  want  % 

but  to  indulge  their  luft. 

19  Then  utter'd  their  blafpheming  doubts^1 
"Can  God,  fay  they,  prepare 

_**•  A  table  in  the  wildernefs, 
"  fet  out  yith  various  fare  ?" 
{ 

20  f"  He  fmote  the  flinty  rock  (tis  true)  J 
"  and  gufhing.ftreams  enfu'd  ; 

'•■  But  can  he  corn  and  flefh  provide 

<f  for  fuch  a  multitude  ?" 
11  TheXord  with  indignation  heard  * 

from  heav'n  avenging  flame 
On  Jacob  fell,  confuming  wrath.  1 

on  thanklefs  Ifr*el  came*  . 

22  Becaufe  their  unbelieving  hearts 
in  God  would  not  confide, 

Nor  truft  his  care,  who  had  from  heav'a"--* 
their  wants  fo  oft  fupply'd  1 

23  Tho'  he  had  made  his  clouds  difcharge 
provisions  down  in  fhow'rs  f 

And  when  earth  fail'd,  reliev'd  their  peeds 
from  his  coeleilial  {tores. 

M  3  24-Tko* 


i3£  PSALM    lxxviii. 

24  Tho*  tafteful  manna  was  rain'd  dowa 
their  hunger  to  relieve; 

Tho'  from  the  ftores,  of  heav'n  they  did 
iu [lain wig  corn  receive. 

25  Thus  man  with  angels  facred  food, 
ungrateful  man,  was  fed  ; 

Not  fparingiy,  for  ftill  they  found 
a  plenteous  table  fpread. 

^6  From  heav'n  he  made  an  ea{t  wind  blow, 
then  did  the  fouth  command, 

27  To  rain  down  fidh  like  duft,  and  fowls 
like  Tea'?  uiinunriber'd  Lnd. 

28  Within  their  ti-enches  he  let   fall 
the  lufcious  eafy  prey, 

And  all  around  their  ipieading  camp 
the  feather  *d  booty  lay. 

29  They  fed,  were  fill'd,  he  gave  them  leave 
their  appetites  to  ftaft ;  * 

30,  31  Vet  frill  their  wanted  luft  crav'd  on, 

nor  with  their  hunger  ceas'd  : 
But'whilir,  in  their  luxurious  mouths, 

they  did  thei»  dainties  chew, 
The  wrath  of  God  finote  down  their  chiefs, 

and  lirael's  chofen  flew. 

p  a*r  r-  11. 

£2  Yet  dill  they  ilnn'd,  nor  would  afford'- 
his  miracles  belief; 

33  Therefore  thro*  fi uitlefs  travels  he 
conium'd  their  lives  in  grief. 

34  When  fome  were  ilaiu,  the  reft  return'd 
to  God  with  early  ay  ; 

35  Own'u  him  the  rock  cf  iheir  defence, 


their  Saviour  God  01  oft  high. 


;6Bu* 


PSA   L   M     Ixxv'm.  139 

36  But  this  was  feign'd  fubmimon  all, 
their  heart  their  tongue  bely'd  5 

37  Their  heart  was  ftill  peiverie,  nor  would 
firm  in  his  league  abide. 

38  Yet,  full  of  mercy  he  forgave-, 
nor  did  with  death  chaftife  ! 

Bui  turned  his  kindled  wrath  afide, 
or  would  not  let  it  rile. 

39  For  he  remember'd  tfeey  were  fled* 
that  could  not  long  remain ; 

A  murmuring  wind  that's  quickly  paft, 
and  ne'er  returns  agam. 

40  How  oft  did  they  provoke  him  there^ 
How  oft  his  patience  grieve, 

In  that  fame  defart  where  he  did 
their  fainting  fouls  relieve  t 

41  They  tempted  him  by  turxiiiyg  back^ 
arid  wickedly  rcpin'd  ; 

When  Iiraels  God  refus'd  to  be 
by  their  defires  connn'd. 

42  Nor  cali'd  to  mind  the  hand1  and  day- 
that  their  redemption  brought  j 

43  His  iigns  fn  Egypt,  won ti'rous-  works 
in  Zdan's  valley  wrought,. 

44  Be  torn?d  the  rivers  intoblood, 
that  man  and  beaft  forbore  ; 

And  rather  chofe  to  die  of  thirft, 
than  drink  the  putrid  gore. 

45  He  fent  devouring  fwarms  of  flie#> 
hoarfe  frogs   annoy'd  their  foil, 

46  Locufts  and  caterpillars  reapM 
tLe  harveft  of  their  toil. 

47  Their 


fcj*  PS  A  LM    lxxviii. 

47  Their  vines  with  batt'ringhail  were  broke, 
with  froft  the  fig-tree  dies  ; 

48  Lightning  and  hail  made  flocks  and  herds 
one  general  facrifke. 

49  He  turn'd  his  anger  loofe  andfet     -   , 
no  time  for  it  to  ceafe  ; 

And  with  their  plagues   bad  angels  £bnt. 
their  torments  to  increafe. 

50  He  clear'd  a  pafifage  for  his  wratk 
to  ravage  uncontroul'd  ; 

The  murrain  on  their  fir  filings  feiz'd 
in  ev'ry  field  and  fold. 

5 1  The  deadly  peil  from  beafl  to  ma% 
from  field  to  city  came  ; 

It  flew  their  heirs,  their  eldeft  hopes^ 
through  all, the  tent3  .of  Ham. 

52  But  his  own  tribe,  like  folded  fheep^ 
he  brought  from  their  diftrefs  5 

And  them  conducted  like   a  flock, 
throughout  the  wildernefs. 

53  He  led  them  on,  and  in. their  way  - 
4  no  caufe  of  fear  they  found  j 

B'3V  march'd  fecurely  through   thofe  deeps, 
in  which  their  foes  Wjere  drown'd. 

54  Nor  ceas'd  his  care  till  them -he  brought 
fafe  to  his  promised  land, 

And  to  his  holy  mount,  the  prize 

of  his  victorious  hand. 
$5    To  them  the  out-caft  heathen's  land 

He  did  by  lor  divide  •, 
And  in  their  foes  abandoned  tents, 

made  Ifr'cl's  tribes  refide. 

PARI 


PSALM     hoLinSk  m 

PART    III. 

5<3  Yet  ilill  they  tempted,  ftill  provok'd' 

the  wrath  of  God  moft  high  ; 
Nor  would  to  practife  his  corn-man ds 

their  ftubborrr  hearts  apply  : 
5.7  But  in  their  father's  fakhiefs  fteps- 

perverfely  chofe  to  go  : 
They  turn'd  afide,  like  arrows  fhot 

from  fome  deceitful  bow. 

58  For  him  to  fury  they  provokM 

with  altars  fet  on  high  •, 
And  with  their  graven  images 

inflamed  his  jealoufy. 
50  When  God  hear^^us,  on   Ifr'el's  tv'ilxp 

his  wrath  and  hatrea  fell  ; 

60  He  quitted  Shiloh,  and  the  tents 
where  once  he  chofe  to  dwell. 

61  To  vile  captivity  his  ark, 
his  glory  to  difdain, 

62  His  people  to  the  fword  he  gave,. 
nor  would  his  wrath  reftrain. 

63  Deftructive  war  their  ableft  youth 
untimely  did  confound  % 

No  virgin  was  to  th*  altar  led, 
with  nuptial  garlands  crown'd, 

^4  In  fight  the  facnfker  f^ll# 

the  prieft  a  victim  bled  •, 
And  widows,  who  their  death  Ihould  mourn  .> 

themfelves  of  grief  were  dead,  . 
65  Then  as  a  ^iant  rouz'd  from  fleep, 

whom  wine  had  throughly  warn  *d, 
Shouts  out  aloud  ;  the  Lord  awak'd, 

a&d  his  proud  foe  alariu'd. 

66  He 


i^z        PSALM  ixxviii,     Ixxix. 

66  He  fmote  their  hoft,  that  from  the  field 

a  fcatter'd  remnant   came, 
With,  wounds  imprinted  on  their  backs 

of  everlafting  fhame. 
6y  With  conquefts  crown'd  byjofeph's  tents 

and  Ephrahn's  tribe  forfook ; 
68  But  Judah  chofe,  and  Sion's  mount 

for  his  lov'd  dwelling  took. 

6$  His  temple  he  erected  there, 

with  fpires  exalted  high: 
While  deep  and  fix'd  as  that  of  earth 

the  ftrong  foundations  lie. 

70  His  faithful  feryant  David  too, 
he  for  his  choice  did  own, 

And  from  the  fheepfolds  himadvanc'd 
to  lit  on  Judah's  throne 0 

71  From  tending  on  the  teeming  ewes, 
he  brought  him  forth  to  feed, 

His  own  inhe-  it'ance.  the  tribes 
of  Ifrael's  ehofen  feed. 

72  Exalted  thus  the  m  anarch  prov'd 
a  faithful  fhrpherd  {till ;. 

He  fed  them  with  an  upright  heart, 
aad  guided  them  with  fkill. 

PS    \  L  M    LXXIX. 

iT>  EHOLD,  O  God.  how  heathen  ho&3 
x3    have  thy  polfeffion  feiz'd  ! 
In)  tacredhouft  they  have  dehTd, 

thy  holy  cify  raz'd. 
2    The  mangled  bodies  of  thy  faints, 

abroad  unburied  lay  ; 
Their  flefh  expos'd  to  favage  beaftf, 
and  rav'nous  birds  of  prey. 

3  Quite 


JS  AL  M    lxxix.  X43 

§  Quite  thro*  Jerus'lem  was  their  Wood 

like  common  water  fhed  ; 
And  noq£vWere  left  alive  to  pay 

Jaft  duties  to  the  dead, 

4  The  neighboring  lands  our  fmali  remains 
with  loud   reproaches  wound  •, 

And  we  a  laughing  Mock  are  made 
to  all  the  naiions  round. 

5  How  long  wilt  thou  hs  angry,  Lord, 
fliuft  we  for  e^er  mourn  ? 

Shall  thy  devouring  jealous  rage, 
like  fire  for  ever  burn  ? 

6  On  foreign  lands  that  know  not  thee, 
thy  heavy  vengeance  Ihow'r  ; 

Thole  finful  kingdoms  let  it  crufh, 
that  have  not  own'd  thy  pow'r. 

7  For  their  devouring  jaws  have  preyM 
on   Jacob's  chofcn  race  ; 

And  to  a  barren  dcfart  turn'd 

their  fruitful  dwelling-place. 
g  O  think  not  on  our  former    fins, 

bui  fpeedily  prevent 
The  utter  ruin  of  thy  faints, 

almoft  with  forrow  fpent  ! 

9  Thon  God  of  our  falvation,  help, 

and  free  our  fouls   from  blame  $ 
So  ftiali  our  pardon. and  defence 

exalt  thy  glorious  name. 
K>. Let  infidels,  that  fcofiing  fay, 

(i  where  is  the  God  theyboaft..*" 
In  vengeance  for  thy  flaughter'd  faints, 

perceive  thee  to  their  coft. 

1 1    Lori 


144  r  b  A  L  M    Ixxix,  lxxx. 

1 1  Lord,  hear  the  fighing  pris'ners  moans, 
thy  faving  powV  extend  ; 

Freferve  the  wretches  doom'd  to  die, 
from  that  untimely  end. 

12  On  them,  wh>>  us  op^refs,  let  all 
our  fuff'rings  be   repaid  : 

.3Nlake  their  confufion  i'even  times  more 
1  than  what  on  us  they  laid. 

V13  So  we  thy  people  and  thy  flock, 

£hall  ever  praife  thy  name  \ 
JVnd  with  glad  hearts  our  grateful  thanks 

from  age  to  age  proclaim. 

PSALM     LXXX. 

i/~\  Tfr'ePs  ihepVierd,  Jofeph's  jmide, 

V^^  Our  prayYs  to  thee  vouch  'a  fc  to  hear. 5 
Thou  that  doft  on  ihe  cherubs  ride, 
Again  in  -folemn  ftate  appear. 
.2  Br  hold  how  Benjamin  expects, 
With  Ephraim  and  Man  \ffih  join'd, 
In  our  dtliv'rance,  the  efft  els 
"Of  thy  refiftlefs  ftrength  to  find. 

3  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thoQ 
The  luftre  cf  thy  face  difplay ; 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 
Likefcattei'd  clouds  (hall  pars   away. 

4  O  thou,  whom  heav'i'ly  hofts  obey, 
How  long  '(hall  thy  tierce  anger  burn  ? 
How  long  thy  full  Ying  people  pray, 
And  to  their  pray'rs  have  no  return  ? 

5  When  hungry,  we  are  fo;c'dto   drench 
Our  fcanty  food  in  floods    of   woe: 
When  dry,  our  raging  third  we  cjuench 
With  itreams  of  tears  that  largely  flow. 

6  For 


g|-  P  S  A  L  M     lx».  145 

v6  J?or  us  the  heathen  nations  round, 

As  for  a  common  prey,  conteft  : 
rOur  foes  with  fpiteful  joy  abound, 

Asid  at  our  loft  condition  jeft. 

7  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thou 
The  luftre  of  thy  face  difplay, 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 
Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fhall  pafs  away, 

PART    II. 

8  Thou  brought'ft;  a  vine  from  Egypt's  land  3 
And  cafting  out  the  heathen  race, 

Did'ft  plant  it  with  thine  own  right  hand, 
And  firmly  fix'd  it  in  their  place. 

9  Before  it  thou  prepar'dft  the  way, 
And  mad'ft  it  take  a  lafting  root, 
Which,  blefs'd  with  thy  indulgent  ray, 
O'er  all  the  land  did  widely  fhook 

■10,  11  The  hills  were  cover'd  with  its  {hade*" 
Its  goodly  boughs  did  cedars  feem  : 
Its  branches  to  the  fea  were  fpread, 
And  reach'd  to  proud  Euphrate's  ftream. 
1 12  Why  then  haft  thou  its  hedge  o'erthrown, 
Which  thou  haft  made  fo  firm  and  ftrong  ? 
Whilft  all  it's  grapes,  defencelefs  grown^ 
Are  pluck'd  by  thofe  that  pafs  along. 

1 3  See  how  the  briftling  foreft  boar 
■  With  dreadful  fury  lays  it  wafte  : 
jHark  !  how  the  lavage  monfters  roar,, 
I  And  to  their  helplefs  prey  make  hafte, 

P  A  H  T    III. 

14  To  thee,  O  God  of  hofts,  we  pray 
Thy  wonted  goodnefs,  Lord,  renew  % 

N  From 


145        PSALM     Ixxx,  lxxxh 

t 
From  heav'n  thy  throne  this  vine  furvey, 
And  her  fadftate  with  pity  view. 

15  Behold  the  vineyard,  made  by  thee, 
Which  thy  right  hand  did  guard  lo  long* 
And  keep  that  branch  from  danger  free, 
Which  for  thyfelf  thou  mad'it  fo  ftrong. 

16  To  wafting  flames  'tis  made  a  prey, 
And  all  its  fpreading  boughs  cut  down  ; 
At  thy  rebuke  they  foon  decay, 

And  perifh  at  thy  dreadful  frown. 

17  Crown  thou  the  king  with  good  fuccefej 
By  thy  right  hand  fecur'd  from  wrong  : 
The  fon  of  man  in  mercy  blefs, 

Whom  for  thyfelf  thou  mad'il  fo  ftrong* 

18  So  fhall  we  ftill  continue  free, 
From  whatfoe'er  deferves  thy  blame  ; 
And  if  once  more  reviv'd  by  thee, 
Will  always  prailethy  holy  name. 

19  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thou 
The  luftre  of  thy  face  difplay, 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 
Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fhall  pafs  away. 

PSALM    LXXXI. 

irTTIO  God,  our  never  failing  ftrength, 

with  loud  applaufes  fing  : 
And  jointly  make  a  chearful  noife 

to  Jacob's  awful  King. 
2  Compofe  a  hymn  of  praife,  and  touch 

your  inftruments   of  joy  ; 
Let  pfalteries  and  pleafant  harps, 

your  grateful  ikill  employ. 

3  ^et 


PSALM    Ixxxi.  147 

3.  Let  trumpets  at  the  great  new  moon 

their  joyful  voices  raife, 
To  celebrate  th'  appointed  time, 

the  folemn  day  of  praife. 

4  For  this  a  ftatute  was  of  old, 
which  Jacob's  God  decreed, 

To  be  with  pious  care  obferv'd 
by  Intel's  chofen  feed. 

5  This,  He  for  a  memorial  fix'd, 
when  freed  from  Egypt's  land  ; 

Strange  nations  barb'rous  fpeech  we  heard ? 
but  could  not  underftand. 

6  Your  burthen'd  ihoulders  I  relieVd,- 
(thus  feem'd  our  God  to  fay) 

Tour  fervile  hands  by  me  were  freed 
from  lab'ring  in  the  clay. 

7  Your  anceftors,  with  wrongs  opprefs'd, 
to  me  for  aid  did  call  : 

With  pity  I  their  fuff 'rings  faw, 

and  fet  them  free  from  ail. 
They  fought  for  me,  and  from  the  ckyad 

in  thunder  Ireply'd  : 
At  Meribah's  contentious  firearm 

their  faith  and  duty  try'd. 

P  A  R  T    II; 

8  "While  I  my  folemn  will  declare, 
my  chofen  people  hear  : 

If  thou,  O  Ifr'el,  to  my  words 
wilt  lend  thy  lift'ning  ear  ; 

9  Then  fhall  no  God  befldes  myfelf 
within  thy  coafts  be  found  : 

Nor  fhalt  thou  worfhip  any  Cod 
of  ail  the  nations  round. 

N  a  to  The 


148        PSALM    Ixxxi,  Ixxxii, 

10  The  Lord  thy  God  am  I,  who  thee 
brought  forth  from  Egypt's  land  : 

Tis  I,  that  all  thy  juft  dtiires 
fupply  with  iib'ral  hand. 

11  But  they,  my  chofen  race  refusM 
toJbearken  to  my  voice  ; 

Nor  wo  inc.    ebelliotas  Ifr'el's  fons 
«   make  me  their  happy  choice. 

12  So  I  provok'd,  refign'd  them  up, 
to  ev'ry  luft  a  prey  ; 

And  in  their  own  perverfe  defigns 
permitted  them  to  ftray. 

13  O  that  my  people  wifely  would 
my  juft  commandments  heed  ! 

And  Ifr*el  in  my  righteous  ways 
with  pious  care  proceed. 

14  Then  mould  my  heavy  judgments  faH 
on  all  that  them   oppofe  ; 

And  my  avenging  hand  be  turn'd 
againft  their  num'rous  foes.   » 

15  Their  enemies  and  mine  fhould  all 
before  my  footftool  bend  : 

But  as  for  them,  their  happy  ftate 
fhould  never  know  an  end. 

16  All  parts  with  plenty  mould  abound  \ 
with  fineft  wheat  their  field  :* 

The  barren  rocks,  to  pleafe  their  tafte, 
mould  richeft  honey  yield. 

P  S  A  L  M     LXXXII. 
1  ^T   1  OD  in  the  great  aflembly  {lands, 

VJT     where  his  impartial  eye 

In  itate  furveys-the  earthly  gods, 

and  does  their  judgments  try. 

2,  3  How 


P  S  A  L  M     lxxxii,  lxxxni.         14? 

y,  3  How  dare  ye  then  unjuftly  judge^ 

or  be  to  finners  kind  ? 
Defend  the  orphans,  and  the  poor, 

let  fuch  your  juftice  find. 

4  Protect  the  humble,  helplefs,  man,, 
reduc'd  to  deep  diftrefs, 

And  let  not  him  become  a  prey 
to  fuch  as  would  opprefs. 

5  They  neither  know,  nor  will  they  lear% 
but  blindly  rove  and  ftray  : 

^[uftice  and  truth,  the  world's  fupport, 
thro'  all  the  land  decay. 

6  Well  then  might  God  in  anger  fay, 
u  I've  calPd  you  by  my    name  ; 

u  I've  faid  y*  are  God's,  the  fons  and  heirs*, 
"  of  my  immortal  fame  5 

7  "  But  ne'erthelefs  your  unjuft  deeds 
to  ftrict  account   I'll  call  : 

"  You  all  fhall  die  like  common  men5 
(f  like  other  tyrants  fall." 

£  Arife,  andthyjuft  judgments,  Lord> 

throughout  the  earth  difplay  5 
And  all  the  nations  of  the   world 

fhall  own  thy  righteous   fway . 

PSALM    LXXXIII. 

iTT  OLD  not  thy  peace,  O  Lord  ourGodJ" 

JLX   no  longer  filent   be  ; 
Nor  with  confenting  cpiet  looks 

our  ruin  calmly,  fee  ! 
%  For  lo  !  the  tumults  of  thy  foes 
.    o'er  all  the  land  are  fpread  ; 
And  they,  which  hate  thy  faints   and  thee^ 
lift  ug  their  threat'ning  head. 

®3  3  Agaicit: 


i|<f»  PSALM    IxxxiiL 

3  Againfr  thy  zealous  people,  Lord, 
they  craftily  eombine  : 

And  to  deftroy  thy  chofen  faints 
have  laid  their ciofe  defign. 

4  «'  Come  let  us  cut  them  off,  fay  they, 
"  their  nation  quite  deface  ; 

6i  That  no  remembrance  may  remain 
"  of  Ifr'el's  -hated  race." 

5  Thus  they  againft  tjy  people's  peace , 
confult  with  one  confent  : 

And  differing  nations  jointly  leagued 
their  common  malice  vent. 

6  The  Ifhm'elites  that  dwell  in  tents, 
with  warlike  Edom  join'd  ; 

And  Moab's  fons  our  ruin  vow, 
with  Hagar's  race  combined. 

7  Proud  Amnion's  offspring,  Gebal  too 
with  Amalek  confpire  : 

The  Lords  of  Paleftine,  and  all 

the  wealthy  fons  of  Tyre, 
o    All  thefe  the  ftrong  AiYyrian  king 

their  firm  ally  have  got ; 
Who,  wich  a  pow'rful  army  aids 

:di'  inceihious  race  of  Lot. 

PART    IL 

9  But  let  flich  vengeance  come  to  them, 

as  once  to  Midian  came  ; 
To  Jabin  and  proud  Sifera, 

at  Kifhon's  fatal  it  ream, 
jo  When  thy  right  hand   their  num'rous 

rear  Endor  did  confound,  [hofts 

And  left  their  carcafles  for  dung 

to  feed  the  hungvy  ground* 

ii  Let 


PS  A  L  M     Ixxxili,  lxxxiv.        151 

2 1  Let  all  their  mighty  men  the  fate 

of  Zeo  and  Oreb  (hare : 
As  Zeba  and  Zalmunnah,  fo 

let  all  their  princes  fare. 
2  2  Who,,  with  the  fame  defign  infpir'd^ 

thus  vainly  boafting  fpake. 
"  In  firm  poffeilion  for  ourfelves 

"  let  ns  God's  houfes  take. 

23  To  ruin  let  them  hafte,-  like  wheels 

which  downward Twiftly  move: 
Like  chaff  before  the  wind,  let  all 

their  fcatter'd  forces  prove. 
1 4,1 5  As  flames  confume  dry  wood  or  heata 

that  on  parch'd  mountains  grows3 
So  let  thy  fierce  purfu5ng  wrath 

with  terror  ftrike  thy  foes, 

16,  1 7  Lord,  fhroud  their  faces  with  difgraceV 

that  _they  may  own  thy  name  : 
Or  them  confound,  whofe  harden'd  hearts 

thy  gentler  means  difclaim. 
18  So  fhall  the  wond'ring  world  confefs 

that  thou  who  claimTt  alone 
Jehovah's  name,  o'er  all  the  earth  . 

haft  rais'd  thy  lofty  throne. 

PSALM     LxixiV. 

I   /~\   God  of  hoits,.the  mighty  Lord5 

\J     how  lovely  is  the  place, 
Where  thou,  enthron'd  in  glory,  fhew'ir  - 

the  brightnefs  of  thy  face  ! 
2- My  longing  foul  faints  with   deiire* 

to  view  thy  bleft  abode  : 
My  panting  heart  and  flefh.  cry  out 

for  thee,  the  living^  God. 

3  The 


*p  PSALM    Ixxxiv. 

3  The  birds,  more  happy  far  than  I.,. 
around  thy  temple  thron'g  *, 

Securely  there  they  build,  and  there 
fecurely  hatch  their  young. 

4  O  Lord  of  holts,  my  king  and  Gody 
how  highly  bleft  are  they, 

Who  in  thy  temple  always  dwell, 
and  there  thy  praiie   difplay  ! 

5  Thrice  happy  they  whole  choice  has  the&; 
their  fure  protection  rriade, 

Who  long  to  tread  the  fa c red  ways 
that  to  thy  dwelling  lead  I 

6  Who  pafs  thro'  Bacos  thhfty  vale, 
yet  no  refrefhment  want  : 

Their  pools  are  fill*d  with  rain,  which  thou: 
at  their  requeft  do'ft  grant. 

7TI1US  they  proceed  from  ftrength  toftrength 

and  ftill  approach  more  near  y 
*Tiil  all  on  Sion's  holy  mount 

before  their  God  appear. 
8  O  Lord,  the  mighty  God  of  hofls* 

my  juft  requefts  regard  ; 
Thou  God  of  Jacob j  let  my  pray-'p 

be  ftiil  with  favour  heard. 

<p  Behold,  O  God,  for  thou  alons. 

can'ft -timely  aid  difpenfe  : 
€)n  thy  anointed  fervant  look,. 

be  thou  his  fhong  defence. 
10  For  in  thy  courts  one  fingle  day 

'tis  better  to  attend, 
Than   Lord,  in  any  place  befides 

A  thoufand  days  to  fpend. 

Much 


■PSALM    Ixxxiv,  Ixxiv.     >5j 

Muck  rather  in  God's  houfe  will  I 

the  mean  eft  office  take, 
Than  in  the  wealthy  tents  of  fin 

my  pompous  dwelling  make. 

1 1  For  God,  who  is  our  fun  and  ftiieldj. 
will  grace  and  glory  give  ; 

And  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold 
^rom  them  that  juftly  live. 

1 2  Thou  God,  whom  heav'nly  hofts  obey  | 
how  highly  bleft  $  he, 

Whofe  hope  and  truft  fecurely  plac'd, 
is  ftill  repos'd  on  thee  ! 

PSALM    LXXXV. 
iT     ORD,  thou  haft  granted  to  thyiand^ 

L  j    the  favours  we  implor'd, 
And  faithful  Jacob's  captive  race 

moil:  graciouily  reftor'd. 
2,  3  Thy  people's  fins  thou  haft  abfolv',d> 

and  all  their  guilt  defac'd : 
Thou  halt  not  let  thy  wrath  flame  ona 

Nor  thy  fierce  anger  laft. 

4  Q  God  our  Saviour,  all  our  hearts 
•   to  thy  obedience  turn  ; 
That,  kindled  by  our  former  fins, 

thy  wrath  no  more  may  burn  ? 
5,  6  For  why  fhould'ft  thou  be  angry  ftill$ 

and  wrath  fo  long  retain  ? 
Revive  us,  Lord,  and  let  thy  faints 

thy  wonted  comfort  gain. 

7  Thy  gracious  favour,  Lord,  difplay, 
which  we  have  long  implor'd  ; 

And  for  thy  wond'rous  mercy '3  lake, 
thy  wonted  aid  afford, 

8  God's 


iij4        PSALM    Ixxxv,  IxxxvL 

8  God's  anfwer  patiently  I'll  waif, 
for  he  with  glad  fuccefs, 

(If  they  no  more  to  folly  turn) 
his  mourning  faints  will  blefs. 

9  To  all  that  fear  his  holy  name, 
his  fure  falvation's  near  ; 

And  is  its  former  happy  ftate 

our  nation  lhall  appear. 
to  For  mercy  now  with  truth  is  join'd  $ 

and  righteoufnefs  with  peace, 
Like  kind  companions  abfent  long, 

with  friendly  arms  embrace. 

1 1, 1 2  Truth  from  the  earth  fhallfpring  whilft 

lhall  ftreams  of  jufrice  pour,  [heav'i\ 

And  God  from  whom  all  goodnefs  flows, 

fhall  endlefs  plenty  fhow'r. 
13  Before  him  righteoufnefs  fhall  march, 

and  his-  iuft  paths  prepare; 
Whilft  we  his  holy  fteps  puifue 

with  conftant  zeal  and  care. 

PSALM    LXXXVI. 

1'  r  1  ^  O  my  complaint,  O  Lord  my  God, 

JL     t^iy  gracious  ear  incline  : 
Hear  me  diftrefs'd  and  deftitute 

of  all  relief  but  thine  •, 
2  Do  thou,  O  God,  preferve  my  foul, 

that  does  thy  name  adore  : 
Thy  fervant  keep,  and  him,  whofe  truft 

relies  on  thee,  reftore. 

J  To  me,  who  daily  thee  invoke, 

thy  mercy,  Lord,  extend  : 
4  Refrelh  thy  fei  vant's  foul,  whofe  hopes 

cn  thee  alone  depend. 

5  Thou, 


PS  A  L  M      lxx:^vi. 


*5l 


5  Thou,  Lord,  art  good,  not  only  good,, 
but  prompt  to  pardon  too, 

AQf  plenteous  mercy  to  all  thofe, 
who  for  thy  mercy  fue. 

6  To  my  repeated  humble  pray'r, 
O  Lord,  attentive  be  : 

7  .When  troubled,  I  on  thee  will  call, 
for  thou  wilt  anfwer  me. 

8  Among  the  god's  there's  none  like  thee, 
O  Lord,  alone   divine  ! 

To  thee  as  much  inferior  they, 

as  are  their  works  to  thine. 
-9  Therefore  their  great  Creator,  thee, 

the  nations  fliall  adore  j 
Their  long  mifguided  pray'rs  and  praife 

to  thy  bleft  name  reftore* 

•  io  All  fhall  confefs  thee  great   and  great 

the  wonders  thou  haft  done  ! 
Confefs  thee  God,  thee  God  iupreme, 

confefs  thee  God  alone. 

PART      II. 

17  Teach  me  thy  way,  G  Lord,  and  I 
from  truth  ihan  ne'er  depart  $ 

In  rev'rance  to  thy  facred  name 
devoutly  fix  my  heart. 

12  Thee  will  I  praife,  O  Lord   my  God, 
praife  thee  with  heart  fincere  : 

And  to  thy  everlafring  name 
eternal  trophies  rear 

13  Thy  boundlefs  mercy  fhewn  to  me, 
tranfcends  my  pow'r  to    tell, 

$0.  Lhou  halt  oft  redeem'd  my  foul 
from  loweft  depths  of  hell. 

14  € 


156     PSALM    lxxxvi,  Ixxxvii. 

14  O  God  the  fons  of  pride  and  ftrife 
have  my  destruction   fought, 

E.egardlefs  of  thy  pow'r  that  oft 
has  my  deliv'rance  wrought  : 

15  But  thou  thy  conftant  goodnefs  did'ffc 
to  my  affiftance  bring  ; 

Of  patience-,  mercy,  and  of  truth, 

thou  everlafting  fpring  ! 
lt>  O  bounteous  Lord,  thy  grace  and  flrength, 
•    to  me  thy  fervant  fhow  •, 
Thy  kind  protection,  Lord,  on  me, 

thine  handmaid's  fon  beftow. 

17  Some  fignal  give,  which  my  pr®ud  foe 

may  fee  with  fhame  and  rage. 
When  thou,  O  Lord,  for  my  relief 

and  comfort  dofi:  engage. 

PSALM    LXXXVII. 

j  /^\  OD's  temple  crowns  the  holy  mount  i 
\JT  the  Lord  there  condescends  to  dwell; 

2  His  Sion's  gates  in  his  account 
Our  Ifr'el's  faireft  tents  excell. 

3  Fame  glorious  things  of  thee  fhall  fing, 
O  city  of  th'  almighty  King  ! 

4  I'll  mention  Rahab  with  due  praife, 
In  Babylon's  applaufes  join, 

The  fame  of  Ethiopia  raife, 

With  that  of  Tyre  and  Paleftine  ; 

And  grant  that  fome,  amongft  them  born. 
Their  age  and  country  did  adorn. 

5  But  ftill  of  Sion  I'll   aver, 

That  many  fuch  from  her  proceed  : 
Th*  almighty  fhall  eftablifh  her. 
<j  His  gen'ral  lift  fhall  fhew,  when  read, 

That 


f  S  A  L  M  Ixxxvii,  Ixxxviii.       157 

That  fuch  a  perfon  there  was  born, 
And  fuch  did  fuch  an  age  adorn. 

7  He'll  Sion  find  with  numbers  fiil'd 
Of  fuch  as  merit  high  renown  ; 

For  hand  and  voice  muficians  ikill'd. 
And  (her  tranfcending  fame  to  crown) 
Of  fuch  (he  fhail  fucceffions  bring 

Like  waters  from  a  living  ipring. 

PSALM    LXXXVIII. 

ir  §  ^O  thee,  my  God  and  Saviour,  I  - 
j       By  day  and  night  addrefs  my  cry  j 

2  Vouchfafe  my  mourn rul  voice  to  hear, 
To  my  diftrefs  inciine  thine  ear  : 

3  For  feas  of  trouble  me  invade, 

My  foul  draws  nigh  to  death's  cold  fcade.< 
4Like  one  whofe  itrength  and  hopes  are  iied, 
They  number  me  among  the  dead. 

5  Like  thofe,  who  fhrouded  in  the  grave, 
From  thee  no  more  remembrance  have  \ 

6  Caft  off  from  thy  fuftaining  care, 
Down  to  the  confines  of  defpair. 

7  Thy  wrath  has  hard  upon  me  lain, 
Afflicting  me  with  wreftlefs  pain  : 

Me  all  thy  mountain  waves  have  preft. 
Too  weak,  alas  !  to  bear  the  leaft. 

3  Removed  from  friends  I  figh  alone, 
[n  a  loath'd  dungeon  laid,  where  none 
A  vifit  will  vouchfafe  to  me, 
Confin'd,  paft  hopes  of  liberty. 
2  My  eyes  from  Weeping  never  ceafe, 
[They  wafte,  but  ftill  my  griefs  increafe  \ 
Yet  daily,  Lord,  to  thee  Fvepray'd, 
With  out-ilretch'd  hands  invok'd  thy  aid. 
O  10  Wilt 


158     PSALM    lxxxviii,  lxxxix. 

10  Wilt  thou  by  miracle  revive 

The  dead,  whom  thou  forlbokTc  ?live  ? 
From  death  reftore  thy  praife  to  fing, 
Whom  thou  from  prifon  would'ft  not  bring? 

11  Shall  the  mute  grave  thy  love  confefs  ? 
A  moukTring  tomb  thy  fakhfulnefs  ? 

12  Thy  truth  and  power  renown  obtain, 
Where  darknefs  and  oblivion  reign  ? 

13  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cry,  forlorn  ; 
My  prayY  prevents  the  early  morn. 

14  Why  haft  thouj  Lord,  my  foul  forfook, 
Nor  once  vouchfaf'd  a  gracious  look  ? 

15  Prevailing  forrows  bear  me  down, 
Which  from  my  youth  wiih  me  have  grown ; 
Thy  terrors  paft  diftract  my  mind, 

And  fears  of  blacker  days  behind. 

16  Thy  wrath  hath  burft  upon  my  head, 
Thy  terrors  fill  my  foul  with  dread  ; 

17  Environ'd  as  with  waves  combin'd, 
And  for  a  gen'ral  deluge  join'd. 

18  My  lovers,  friends,  familiars,  all 
Remov'd  from  fight,  and  out  of  call  ; 
To  dark  oblivion  all  retir'd, 

Dead,  or  at  leatt  to  me  expir'd. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXXXIX. 

inpHY  mercies.  Lord,  fhall  be  my  fong, 
My  fong  on  them  fhall  ever  dwell  : 
To  ages  yet  unborn,  my  tongue 
Thy  never-failing  truth  fhall  tell. 
2  I  have  affirm'd  and  itill  maintain, 
Thy  mercy  fhall  for  ever  laft  ; 
Thy  tnuhthat  does  the  heav'ns  fuftain, 
Like  them  fhall  iland  for  ever  faft. 

3  Thou 


PSALM    lxxxix.  159 

3  Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  thy  prophet's  voice, 
"  With  David  I  a  league  have  made; 

"  To  him,  my  fervant,  and  my  choice, 
«  By  folemn  oath  this  grant  convey'd  j 

4  "  While  earth  and  feas,and  Ikies  endure, 
*<  Thy  feed  fliall  in  my  fight  remain  ; 

«  To  them  thy  throne  I  will  enfure, 
"  They  {hall  to  endlefs  ages  reign ." 

5  For  fuch  ftupendous  truth  and  love, 
Both  heav'n  and  earth  juft  praifes  owe, 
By  choirs  of  angels  fung  above, 

And  by  affembled  faints  below. 

6  What  feraph  of  celeftial  birth 
To  vie  with  Ifr'el's  God  lhall  dare  ? 
Or  who  among  the  gods  of  earth, 
With  our  almighty  Lord  compare  I 

7  With  rev'rence  and  religious  dread, 
His  faints  fhould  to  his  temple  prefs  ; 

His  fear  thro'  all  their  hearts  fhould  fpread, 
Who  his  almighty  name  confefs. 

8  Lord  God  of  armies,  who  can  boaft 

Of  ftrength  or  pow'r,  like  thine  renown'd  ? 

Of  fuch  a  num'rous  faithful  hoft, 

As  that  which  does  thy  throne  furrour»4- 

o  Thou  doft  the  lawlefs  fea  controul,  7i> 
And  change  the  profpect  of  the  deep  \  > 
Thou  mak'ft  the  fleeping  billows  roil, 
Thou  mak'ft  the  rolling  billows  fleep 
10  Thou  break'ft  in  pieces  Rahab's 
And  did'ft  oppreffing  pow'r  difarm 
Thy  fcatter'd  foes  have  dearly  try'd 
The  force  of  thy  refiftlefs  arm. 

Oz  1 


160  PSALM    Ixxxlx. 

1 1  In  thee  the  fov'reign  right  remain? 
Of  earth  and  heav'n  •,  thee,  Lord  alone 
The  world  and  all  that  it  contains, 
Their  Maker  and  Preferver  own. 

12  The  poles  on  which  the  globe  does  reft$ 
Were  formed  by  thy  creating  voice  j 
Tabor  and  Hermon,  eaft  and  weft, 

In  thy  fuftaining  pow'r  rejoice. 

73  Thy  arm  is  mighty,  ftrong  thy  hand, 
et,«Lard,  thou  doir  with  juttice  reign  * 
PofTeis'd  of  ablolute  command, 
truth  and  mercy  doft  maintain. 
->py,  thriee  happy  they,  who  hear 
*ed  trumpet's  joyful  found  ; 
ay  at  feltivals  appear, 
thy  moil  glorious  prefence  crown'd* 

16  Thy  faints  fhall  always  be  o'erjoy'd, 
"Who  on  thy  facred  name  rely  *, 

And  in  thy  righteoufnefs  employ'd, 
Above  their  foes  be  rais'd  on  high  ; 

17  For  in  thy  ftrength  they  fhall  advance, 
Whofe  concmeft  from  thy  favour  fpring. 

18  The  Lord  of  hoft  is  our  defence, 
A  nd  Ifr'el's  God  our  Ifr'el's  King. 

Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  thy  prophet's  voice, 
\  mighty  champion  I  will  fend. 
'  om  Judah's  tribe  have  I  made  choice 
ne  who  fhall  the  reft  defend. 
iy  fervant  David  I  have  found, 
holy  oil  anointed  him  ; 
1  fhall  the  hand  fupport  that  crown'd, 
guard  that  gave  the  diadem. 

22  Cl  No 


PSALM   lxxxixv  161 

/  2  2  "  No  prince  from  him  mail  tribute  force, 
"  No  fons  of  ftrife  fhall  him  annoy  ; 
23  "  His  fpiteful  foes  I  will  difperie, 
-"  And  them  before  his  face  deftroy. 

1  24  "  My  truth  and  grace  mail  him  iuftain  \ 
His  armies  in  well  order d  rai^ks, 

25  "  Shallconquer  from  the  Tyrian  main 
"  To  f  ygris  and  Euphrates  banks. 

26  "  Me  for  his  father  he  fhall  take, 
p  His  God  and  rock  of  fafety  call  ; 

27  "  Him  I  my  firft-born  ion  will  make, 
"  And  earthly  kings  his  fubjtcT:s  all. 

28  To  him  my  mercy  I'll  iecure, 
ii  My  cov'nant  make  for  ever  fait. 

29  tk  His  feed  for  ever  fhall  endure, 

£5  His  throne,  till  heav'n  diflblves  fhall  lafb 

PART    II. 

30  "  But  if  his  heirs  my  law  forfake  ^ 
"  And  from  my  facred  precepts  ftray  ; 

31  "If  they  my  righteous  fratutes  break, 
<J  Nor  ftrictly  my  commands  obey  ; 

32  "  Their  fins  I'll  viflt  with  a  rod, 

"  And  for  their  folly  make  them  frhart^ 
,33  "  Yet  will  not  ceafe  to  be  their  God, 
*'  Nor  from  my  truth,  like  them,  depart. 

34  "  My  cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  re\ 
6i  But  in  remembrance  fart  retair 
**  The  thing  that  once  my  lips 

<(  Shall  in  eternal  force  remaii 

35  Once  have  I  fworn,  bur  on' 
J*  Anrl  made  my  holinefs  the 
"  That  I  my  grant  will  ne'er  1 
f€  Nor  to  my  fervant  David   lie 

O  3  36  ' 


i6z  PSALM    Ixxxi 


IX, 


36  e ;  Who fe  throne  and  race  the  conftant  fun 
"Shall,  like  his  courfe,  eftabiiftVd  fee  : 

37  "  Of  this  my  oath,  thou  confcious  moon, 
ik  In  heav'n  my  faithful  vvitnefs  be." 

38  Such  was  thy  gracious  promife,  Lord, 
But  thou  haft  now  our  tribes  forfook, 
Thy  own  anointed  haft  abhor'd, 

And  turn'd  on  him  thy  wrathful  look. 

39  Thou  feetneft  to  have  render'd  void 
The  cov'aant  with  thy  fervant  made, 
Thou  haft  his  diguity  deftroy'd, 

in  the  duft  his  honor  laid. 

40  Or"  ftroag  holds  thou  haft  him  bereft, 
And  brought  his  bulwarks  to  decay  •, 

4  [   Kis  fronrier  coafts  defencelefs  left, 
A  public  fcorn  and  common  prey. 

lis  ruin  does  glad  triumphs  yield 
cd.  by  thee  to  might  ; 
4  s  L'hou  haft  his  conquering  fword  unftecl*d, 
>ur  turn'd  to  ihameful  flight. 
His  g-ory  is  to  darknefs  fled, 
-10  throne  i%\t  : .!:  d  \  :  :Js  the  ground  : 
;  Kis  youth  to  wretched  bondage  led, 
1th  fliame  o'erwhelm'J  and  for  row  drownM- 

long  {hall  we  thy  ahfence  mourn  i5 
a  for  ever,  Lord,  retire  ? 
">n fuming  anger  burn 
d  we  at  once  expire  ? 
ct  Loid.  how  fhort  a  fpj 
"or  moital  life  ordain  ; 
:o  pro!  >ng  the  race, 
2  .it  with  td  pain. 


PSALM    lxxxix,  xc<  163 

48  What  man  is  he  that,  can  contr.oul 
Death's  flricl  unalterable  doom  ? 

Or  refcue  from  the  grave  his  foul, 
The  grave  that  muft  mankind  entomb  ? 

49  Lord,  where's  thy  love,  thy  bou-ndlefs- 
The  oath  to  which  thy  truth  did  feal,  [grace 
Conllgn'd  to  David  and  his  race, 

The  grant  which  time  fhould  ne'er  repeal  ? 

50  See  how  thy  fervants  treated  are 
With  infamy,  reproach  and  fpite  •, 
Which  in  my  iilent  breaft  I  bear  -, 
From  nations  of  licentious  might. 

t;  1    How  they,  reproaching  thy  great  ijfemcj 
Have  made  thy  iervant's  hope  their  jeit  • 
52  Yet  thyjuff.  praifes  we'll  proclaim. 
And  ever  ring,  the  Lord  be  bleft. 

Amen,  Amen 

PSALM    XC. 

LORD,  the  Saviour  and  defence 
of  us  thy  chofen  race, 
From  age  to  age  thou  itill  has  been 

our  hire  abiding  place. 
^Before  thou  brought'ft  the  mountains  forth 

or  th'  earth  or  world  did'ft  frame, 
Thou  always  wert  the  mighty  God, 
and  ever  art  the  fame  : 

3  Thou  turned  man,  O  Lord,  to  duft, 
of  which  he  firft  was  made  ; 

And  when  thou  fpeak'it  the  word,  return^' 
'tis  inftantly  obeyrd. 

4  For  in  thy  fight  a  thoufand  years 
are  like  a  day  that's  pair, 

Or  like  a  watch  in  dead  of  night, 
whofe  hours  unminded  waile. 

5  Thou 


i646'  PSALM   xc. 

5  Thou  fweep'ft  us  off  as  with  a  flood, 
we  vanifh  hence  like  dreams  : 

At  firft  we  grow  like  grais  that  feels 
the  fun's  reviving  beams  : 

6  But  howfoever  frefh  and  fair, 
its  morning  beauty  mows  ; 

'Tis  all  cut  down  and  wither'd  quite, 
before  the  evening  clofe. 

7,  8  We  by  thine  anger  are  confum'd, 

and  by  thy  wrath  difmay'd  ; 
Our  public  crimes  and  iecret  fins 

before  thy  fight"  are  laid. 
9   Beneath  thy  anger's  fed  effects 

our  drooping  days  we  fpend  ; 
Our  unregarded  years  break  off, 

like  tales  that  quickly  end. 

io  Our  term  of  time  is  feventy  years, 

an  age  that  few  furvive  : 
But  if,  with  more  than  common  Itrengthjs 

to  eighty  we  arrive  ; 
Yet  then  our  boafted  itrength  decays^ 

to  ioitow  turn'd  and  pain  : 
,So  foon  the  flender  thread  is  cut, 

and  we  no  more  remain. 

x        PAR  T    II. 

1 1  But  who  thy  anger's  dread  effects 
does,  as  he  ought,  revere  ? 

And  yet  thy  wrath  does  fall  or  rife, 
as  moie  or  lefs  we  fear. 

12  So  teach  us,  Loid,  th'  uncertain  funa 
of  our  fhort  days  to  mind, 

That  to  true  wifdom  all  our  hearts 
may  ever  be  inclin'd. 

13  o 


PSALM   xc,  xci.  16$ 

13  O  to  thy  fervants,  Lord,  return, 
and  fpeedily  relent  ! 

As  we  of  our  mifdeeds,  do  thou 
of  ourjuft  doom  repent. 

14  To  fatistV  and  chear  our  fouls, 
thy  early  mercy  fend  ; 

That  we  may  all  our  days  to  come, 
in  joy  and  comfort  fpend. 

1 5  Let  happy  times  with  large  amends 
dry  up  our  former  tears, 

Or  equal  at  the  leaft  the  term 
of  our  afflicted  yeais. 

16  To  all  thy  fervants,  Lord  let  this 
thy  wond'rous  work  be  known, 

And  to  our  offspring  yet  unborn, 
thy  glorious  powY  be  ihown. 

17  Let  thy  bright  rays  upon  us  fhin&j 
give  thou  our  work  fuccefs  ; 

The  glorious  work  we  have  in  hand 
do  thou  vouchfafe  to  blefs. 

PSALM    XCI. 

1  T  TE  that  has  God  his  guardian  made> 
jTl   Shall,  under  the  Almighty's  fhade^ 

Secure  and  undifturb'd  abide. 
1  Thus  to  my  foul/ of  him  I'll  fay, 
He  is  my  fortrefs  and  my  fray, 

My  God  in  whom  I  will  confide. 

3  His  tender  love  and  watchful  care 
Shall  free  thee  from  the  fowler's  £hare> 

And  from  the  noifome  peftilence  : 

4  He  over  thee  his  wings  (hall  fpiead, 
And  cover  thy  unguarded  head  \ 

His  truth  fhall  be  thy  ftrong  defence. 

5  W 


56  PSALM   xci. 

5  No  terrors  that  furprize  by  night, 
Shall  thy  undaunted  courage  fright, 

Nor  deadly  lhnfts  that  fly  by  day  *, 

6  Nor  plague,  of  unknown  rife,  that  kills 
In  darknefs,  nor  infectious  ills 

That  in  the  hotteft  feafon  flay. 

7  A  thoufand  at  thy  fide  (hall  die, 
At  thy  nght  hand  ten  thoufand  lie, 

While  thy  firm  health  untouch'd  remains, 

8  Thou  only  (halt  look  on  and  fee 
The  wicked's  fad  cataftrophe, 

And  count  the  finncr's  mournful  gains. 

9  Becaufe  (with  well-plac'd  confidence) 
Thou  mak'ft  the  Lord  thy  fure  defence, 

And  on  the  higheft  doft  rely  ; 
io  Therefore  no  ill  fhali  thee  befall, 
Nor  to  thy  healthful  dwelling  fhall 

Any  infectious  plague  draw  nigh. 

1 1  For  he  throughout  thy  happy  days- 
To  keep  ihee  fafe  in  all  thy  ways, 

Shall  give  his  angels  ftrict  commands  ; 

12  And  they,  leaft  thou  fhould'ft  chance 

to  meet 
With  fome  rough  ftone  to  wound  thy  feet, 
Shall  bear  thee  fafily  in  their  hands. 

13  Dragons  and  afps  that  thirlt  for  blood, 
And  lions  roaring  for  their  food, 

Beneath  his  conqu'ring  feet  fhall  lie. 

14  Becaufe  he  lov'd  and  honour'd  me, 
Therefore  (fays  God)  I'll  fet  him  free, 

And  fix  his  glorious  throne  on  high. 

1 5  He'll  call ;  I'll  anfwer  when  he  calls, 
And  refcue  him  when  ill  befalls  j 

Increafc 


PSALM    xci,  xcif.  167 

Increafe  his  honour  and  his  wealth  :  - 
16  And  when,  with  undifturb'd  content, 
His  long  and  happy  life  is  fpent, 

His  end  I'll  crown  with  faving  health. 

PSALM    XCII. 

1  "I    J"OW  good  and  pleafant  mud  it  be 

["X  to  thank  the  Lord  moft  high  5 
And  with  repeated  hymns  of  praife, 
his  name  to  magnify. 

2  With  ev'ry  morning's  early  dawn, 
his  goodnefs  to  relate  •, 

And  of-  his  conftant  truth  each  night 
the  glad  effects  repeat. 

3  To  ten  ftring'd  inftruments  we'll  ilng^ 
with  tuneful  pialteries  join'd. 

And  to  the  harp,  with  folemn  founds, 
for  facred  ufe  defign'd. 

4  Ffcr  thro'  thy  wondVous  works,  O  Lord, 
'thou  mak'ft  my  heart  rejoice  ; 

The  thoughts  of  them  fhail  make  me  glad, 
aad  fhout  with  chearful  voice. 

$>6  How  wond'rous  are  thy  works,OLord  ! 

how  deep  are  thy  decrees  ! 
Whofe  winding  tracts  in  feciet  laid, 

no  ftupid  finner  fees. 
7  He  little  thinks,  when  wicked  men, 

Lkc  graft  look  frefh  and  gay  ; 
How  foon  their  fhort-hVd  fple'ndor  muft 

for  ever  pafs  away. 

8,  9  But  thou,  my  God,art  ilill  moft  high; 

and  all  thy  lofty  foes, 
Who  thought  they  might  fecurely  fin, 

fhail  be  o'erwhelm'd  with  woes. 

10  WhHft 


1 68  PSALM     xcii,    xciii. 

10  Whilft  thou  exalt'ft  my  fov'rejgn  pow'r, 

and  mak'il  it  largely  fpread  ; 
And  with  refrefliing  oil  anoint'ft 

my  confecrated  head. 

ill  foon  fhall  fee  my  ftubborn  foes 

to  utter  ruin  brought  ; 
And  hear  the  difmal  end  of  thofe, 

who  have  againil  me  fought. 
12   But  righteous  men,    like  fruitful  palms, 

{hall  make  a  glorious  fhow  ; 
As  cedars  that  on 'Lebanon 

in  {lately  order  grow. 

13,   14  Thefe,  planted  in  thehoufe  of  God, 

within  his  coui  tb  {hall  thrive  : 
Their  vigour  and  tfteir  luftre    both 

{hall  in  old  age  revive  : 
15  Thus  will  the  Lord  his  juftice  £hew  ; 

and    God,  my  ftrong  defence, ' 
Shall  due  reward  to  all  the  world 

impartially  difpenfe. 

PSALM     XCIII. 

With  glory  clad,  with  ftrength  array'd* 
The  Lord, that  o'er  all  nature  reigns, 
The  world's  foundations  ftrongly  laid, 
And  the  vail  fabric  ftill  fuftains. 

2,  How  finely  fhiblifh'd  is  thy  throne  ! 
Which  Ihall  no  change  or  period  fee  ; 
For -thou,  O  Lord,  and  thou  alone 
Art  God  from  ail  eternity. 

3,  4  The  floods,  O  Lord,  lift  up  their  voicea 
And  tofs  the  troubled  waves  on  high  ; 
But  God  above  can  ftill  their  noife, 

And  make  the  angry  fea  comply. 

sTfay 


PS  AL  M    xciii,  xctv.  :.»9 

5  Thy  promife,  Lord,   is  ever  fare, 
And  they,   that  in  thy  houfe  would  dwell, 
That  happy  ftation  to  fecmre, 
Muft  ftill  in  holineis  excel 

PSALM     XCI\f. 

I,  2/^\   GOD,  to  whom  revenge  belongs, 

\J  thy  vengeance  now  difclofe  \ 
Arife,  thou  judge  of  all  the  earth, 

and  crufh  thy  haughty  foes. 
3,  4  How  long,  O  Lord,  fhall  finful  me* 

their  folemn  triumphs  make  ; 
How  long  their  wicked  actions  boaft, 

and  infblently  fpeak  ? 

5,  6  Not  only  they  thy  faints  oppreis, 

but  unprovok'd  they  fpill 
The  widow's  and  the  Granger's  blood, 

and  helplefs  orphans  kill. 
1 7  "    And  yet  the  Lord  ihall  ne'er  perceive^ 

(prophanely  thus  they  fpeak) 
<f  N  >r  any  notice  of  our  deeds 

"  the  God  of  Jacob  take." 

8   At  length,    ye  ftupid  fools,  your  wants. 

endeavour  to  difcern  : 
In  folly  will  you  ftill  proceed, 

and  wifdom  never  learn  ? 
9,   i  o  Can  he  be  deaf  who  form'd  the  ear, "' 

or  blind  who  fram'd  the  eye  ? 
Shall  earth's  great  judge  not  punifh  thofe, 

who  his  known  will  defy  ? 

1 1  He  fathoms  all  the  thoughts  of  men, 

to  him  their  hearts  lie  bare  ; 
His  eye  furveys  them  all,  and  fees 

how  vain  their  counfels  are. 

P  PART 


170  PSALM     xciv. 

PART    II. 

12  Bleft  is  the  man  whom  thou,  O  Lord, 
in  kindnefs  doit  chaftile, 

And  by  thy  facred  rules  to  walk 
do'ft  lovingly  advife. 

13  This  man  mail  reft  and  fafety  find 
in  feafons  of  diftrefs  ; 

Whilft  God  prepares  a  pit  for4thofe, 
that  flubbornly  tranfgrefs. 

14  For  God  will  never  from  his  faints 
his  favour  wholly  take  : 

His  own  pofTeflion  and  his  lot, 
he  will  not  quite  forfake. 

15  The  world  mail  then  confefs  thee  jufr, 
in  all  that  thou  haft  done  : 

And  thofe  that  choofe  thy  upright  ways, 
fhall  in  thofe  paths  go  on. 

\6  Who  will  appear  in  my  behalf, 

(when  wicked  men  invade) 
Or  who,  when  finners  would    opprefs, 

my  righteous   caufe  fhall  plead  ? 
17,  18.  19  Long  fince  had  I  in  iilence  flept, 

but  that  the  Lord   was  near, 
To  ftay  me  when  I  ilipt  ;  when  fad, 

my  troubled  heart  to  chear. 

550  Wilt  thou,   who  art  a  God  moft  juft, 

their  finful  throne  fuftain, 
Who  make  the  law  a  fair  pretence 

their  wicked  ends  to  gain  ? 
21    Againft  the  lives  of  righteous  men 

they  form  their  clofe  dciign  ; 
And  blood  of  inn:  a  1  ts  to  ipill, 

in  folemn  league  combine. 

22  But 


PSALM     xciv,  xcv>  *7* 

22  But  my  defence  is  firmly  plac'd 
in  God  the  Lord  moft  high  : 

He  is  my  rock,  to  which  I  may 
for  refuge  always  fly. 

23  The  Lord  fhali  caufe  their  ill  deiigns 
on  their  own  heads  to  fall : 

He  in  their  fins  fhall  cut  them  off, 
our  God  fhali  flay  them  all. 

PSALM     XCV. 

1  jT^\  Come,  loud  anthems  let  us  ilng, 
\^Jf  Loud  thanks  t©  our  almighty I£im> 

For  we  our  voices  high  mould  raife, 
When  our  falvation's  rock  we  praife. 

2  Into  his  prefence  let  us  hafte, 

To  thank  him  for  his  favours  paft  1 
To  him  addrefs  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praife  that  to  his  name  belongs, 

3  For  God  the  Lord,  enthron'd  irj  ilate, 
Is,  with  unrival'd   glory,  great  : 

A  King  fuperior  far  10  all, 
Whom  by  his  title   God  we  call. 

4  The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
'■  Her  fecret  wealth  at  his  command  ; 

I  The  ftrength  of  hills,    that  threat  the  fkie% 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

I  5  The  rolling  ocean's  vaft  abyfs 
1  By  the  fame  fov'reign  right  is  his  : 
'Tis  mov'd  by  his  almighty  hand, 
That  form'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  landS 
6  O  let  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there  : 
Down  on  our  kaees  devoutly  all 
Before  the  Lord  our  maker  fall. 

P  2  7  For 


172  PSALM    xcv.  xcvi. 

7  For  he's  our  God,  our  fhepherd   he> 
His  flock  and  pafture  fheep  are  we. 

If  then  you'll  (like  his  flock)  draw  near> 
To-day  if  you  his  voice  will  bear  ; 

8  Let  not  your  haruen'd  hearts  renew 
Your  father's  crimes  and  judgments  too  j. 
Nor  here  provok?  my  wrath",,   as  they 
In  defart  plains  of  Meribah .. 

9  When  thro'  the  wiidernefs  they  mov'd, 
And  me  with  frefh  temptations  prov'd  : 
They  ftili  through  unbelief,  rebell'd, 
W\ile  they  my  wond'rous  works  beheld. 
10,  (i  They  forty  years  my  patience  griev'd* 
Tho'  daily  I  their  wants  reliev'd. 

Then 'tis  a  faithlefs  race  I  faid, 

Whofe  heart  from  me  has  always  flray'd  ; 

They  ne'er  will  tread  my  righteous   path  : 
Therefore  to  them  in  fettled  wrath, 
Since  they  defpis'd  my  reft  I  fw^re 
That  they  fhould  never  enter  there. 

PSALM     XCVI. 

1  O  ING  to  the  Lord  a  new-made  fong  j, 
£3  Let  earth  in  one  afTembled  throngj 
Her  common  patron's  praife  refound. 

2  'Sing  to  the  Lord,  and  blefs  his  name, 
From  day  to  day  his  praife  proclaim, 

Who  us  has  with  ialvation  crown'd. 

3  To  heathen  lands  his  fame  rehearfe, 
His  wonders  to  the  univerfe. 

4  He's  great  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd  5. 
In  majefty  and  glory  raisM 

Above  all  other  deities. 

5  For  pageaatry  and  idols  all. 

Ar« 


PSALM    xcvi,  xcvii.  173 

Are  they  whom  gods  the  heathen  call  5 
He  only  rules  who  made  the  Ikies. 

6  With  majefty  and  honour  crown'd, 
Beauty  and  ftrength  his  throne  {unround  ; 

7  Be  therefore  both  to  him  reftorM 
By  you,  who  have  falfe  Gods  ador'd, 

Afcribe  due  honour  to  his  name  j 

8  Peace-ofF 'rings  on  his  altar  lay, 
Before  his  throne  your  homage  pay5 

Which  he  and  he  alone  can  claim, 

0  To  worfhip  at  his  facred  court, 
Let  all  the  trembling  world  refort. 

10  Proclaim  aloud,  Jehovah  reigns, 
Whofe  power  (he  univerfe  fuftains, 

And  banifh'd  juftice  will  reftore* 

1 1  Let  therefore  heav'n  new  joys  confer 
And  heav'nly  mirth  let  earth  expreis  -, 

Its  loud  applaufe  the  ocean  roar^ 
Its  mure  inhabitants  rejoice, 
And  for  this  triumph  find  a  voice, 

12  For  joy  let  fertile  vallies  ftng, 

The  chearful  "groves  their  tribute  bring  % 
The  tuneful  choir  of  birds  awake, 

13  The  Lord's  approach  to  ce'ebrate, 
Who  now  fets  out  with  awful  ftate, 

His  circuit  through  the  earth  to  take. 
From  heav'n  to  judge  the  world  he's  come^ 
With  juftice  to  reward  and  doom. 

PSAL  M     XCVII. 

1  TEHOVAH  reigns,  let  all  the  earth 
Jr    In  his  juft  government  rejoice  , 

Let  all  the  hies  with  facred  mirth, 
In  his  applaufe  unite-their  voice. 

P3  '2  Dark- 


174  PSALM    xcvii. 

2  Darknefs  and  clouds  of  awful  made 
His  dazzling  glory  ihroud  in  ftate  ; 
Juftice  and  truth  his  guards  are  made, 
And  fix'd  by  his  pavi*ion  wait. 

3  Devouring  fire  before  his  face 

His  fofs  around  with  vengeance  ftnick;. 

4  His  lightnings  let  the  world  on  blaze  j 
Earth  faw  it,  and  with  terror  fhook. 

5  The  proudcft  hills  his  prefence  ft  It, 
Their  height  nor  ftrength  could  help  afford, 
The  proudcft  hills  like  wax  aid  melt 

In  prefence  of  th'  almighty  Lord. 

6  The  heav'ns  his  righteoufnefs  to  mow, 
With  (lorms  of  fire  our  foes  purfu'd  , 
And  all  ti.e  trembling  woild  below,  ■ 
Have  his  defcending  glory  view'd. 

7  Confounded  be  their  impious  hoft, 
Who  make  the  gods,  ro  whom  they  pray  : 
All  who  of  pageant  idols  boaft; 

To  him,  ye  gods,  your  worlhip  pay. 

%  Glad  Sion  of  thy  triumph  heard, 
And  Judah's  daughters  were  o'erjoy'd  \ 
Becauie  thy  righteous  judgments,  Lord, 
Have  pagan  pride  and  pow'r  deftroy'd, 
o  For  thou,  O  God,  art  ieated  high, 
Above  earth's  potentates  emhron'd  : 
Thou,  Lord,  unrival'd  in  the  Iky, 
Supreme  by  all  the  gods  art  own'd. 

lo  You,  who  to  fevvc  this  Lord  afpire, 
Abhor  what's  ill,  and  truth  eftecm  : 
He'll  k<*ep  his  fervants  iouls  entire, 
And  them  fro  in  wicked  hands  redeem. 

ii  For 


PS  A  L,  M    xcvii*  xcviiL  175 

11  For  feeds  are  fawn  of  glorious  Hghr^ 
And  future  harveft  for  the  juft  •, 

And  gladnefs  for  the  heart  upright* 
To  recompence  its  pious  truft. 

12  Rejoice,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord  \, 
Memorials  of  his  holinefs. 

Deep  in  your  faithful  breafh  record. 
And  with  your  thankful  tongues  confefs. 

PSALM    XCVIII. 

lO  ING  to  the  Lord  a  new-made  fong, 

^3   who  wond'rous  things  has  done  ; 
With  his  right  hand  and  holy  arm, 

the  conqueft  he  has  won. 
2  The  Lord  has  through  th'  ailonim'd  vv  ; 

difpiay'd  his  faviog  might, 
And  made  his  righteous  acts  appear 

In  all  the  heathen's  fight. 

2  Of  Ifr'el's  houfe  his  love  and  truth 

have  ever  mindful  been  ; 
Wide  earth's  remoter!  parts  the  powV 

of  Ifr'el's  God  have  feen. 
4  Let  therefore  earth's  inhabitants 

their  chearful  voices  raiie, 
And  all  with  univerfal  joy, 

reibund  their  Maker's  praifev 

5-  With  harps  and  hymns  foft  melody, 
into  the  concert  bring, 

6  The  trumpet  and  ihrili  cornet's  found 
before  th'  almighty  King. 

7  Let  the  loud  ocean  roar  her  joy, 
with  all  that  feas  contain  ; 

The  earth  and  her  inhabitants 
joia  concert  with  the  nuku 

8  WiM 


176         PSALM     xcviii,    xcix. 

"W  ith  joy  let  riv'lets  fwell  to  ft  reams, 

to  fpreading  torrents  they; 
And  ecchoing  vales,  from  hill  to  hill, 

redoubled  iliouts  convey  *, 
9  To  welcome  down  the  world's  great  Judge, 

who  does  with  juftice  come, 
And  with  impartial  equity, 

both  to  reward  and  doom. 

P*  S  A  L  M    XCIX. 

1  T  Ehovah  reigns,  let  therefore  all 
^|     the  guilty  nations  quake  *, 

On  Cherub's  wings  he  fits  enthron'd  ; 
let  earth's  foundations  fhake. 

2  On  Sion's  hill  he  keeps  his  court, 
his  palace  makes  her  tow'rs : 

Yet  thence  his  fov'reignty  extends 
iupreme  o'er  earthly  pow'rs. 

3  Let  therefore  all  with  praifeaddrefs 
his  great  and  dreadful  name, 

And  with  his  unreiifted  might 
his  holinefs  proclaim. 

4  For  truth  and  juftice  in  his  reign, 
of  ftrength  and  pow'r  take  place : 

His  judgments  are  with  righteoufncfs 
difpens'd  to  Jacob's  race. 

5  Therefore  exalt  the  Lord  our  God, 
before  his  footftool  fall  ; 

And  with  hisunrefifted  might 
his  holineis  extol. 

6  Moles  and  Aaron  thus  f>£  old, 
amongft  his  priefts  ador'd  ; 

Amonsft  his  prophets  Samuel  thus 
his  facrod  name  implor'd  : 

Diftrefs'd 


PSALM   xcix,  c.  177 

Diftrefs'd,    upon  the  Lod  they  call'd, 

who  ne'er  their  iuit  der.y'd  ; 
But,  as  with  rev'rtnre  they  implor'd, 

He  gracioufly  reply'd. 

7  For  with  their  ©amp.  to  guide  their  march 
the  cloudy  pillar  mov'd  : 

They  kept  his  laws,  and  to  his  will 
obedient  feivants  prov'd. 

8  He  anfwer'd  them,  forgiving  oft 
his  people  for  their  fake  ; 

And  thofe,  who  rafhly  them  oppos'd, 

did  fad  examples  make. 
o  With  worfhip  at  his  facred  courts 

exalt  our  God  and  Lord  ; 
For  he,  who  only  holy  is, 

alone  fhould  beador'd. 

PSALM     C. 

i"l"TrT  ITH  one  confent  let  all  the  earth 

2  VV    T°  God  their  chearful  voices  raife  % 
Glad  homage  "pay  with  awful  mirth, 

And  fing  before  him  fongs  of  praife. 

3  Convinc'd  that  he  is  God  alone, 
From  whom  both  we  and  all  proceed  | 
iWe,  whom  he  choofes  for  his  own, 
The  flock  which  he  vouchfafes  to  feed* 

4  O  enter  then  his  temple  gate, 
Thence  to  his  courts  devoutly  prefs, 
And  ftill  your  grateful  hymns  repeat, 
And  frill  his  name  with  praifes  blefs. 

5  For  he's  the  Lord  fupremeiy  good, 
His  mercy  is  for  ever  fure  ; 

His  truth,  which  all  times  firmly  ftood, 
To  eadlefs  ages  fliall  endure. 

PSALM 


ij2  PSALM    ci,  cii. 

P  S  A  L  M    CI. 

1  /^\  F  mercy's  never- failing   fpring, 
\^J    And  ftedfaft  judgment  I  will  ling  3 

And  ilnee  they  both  to  thee  belong, 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  addrefs  my  long. 

2  When,  Lord,  thou  fhait  with  me  refide, 
Wife  difcipline  my  reign  fiiall  guide  ;     - 
With  blamelefs  life  myfelf  I'll  make 

A  pattern  for  my  court  to  take. 

3  No  ill  defign  will  I  purfue, 

Nor  thofe  my  fav'rites  make  that  do. 

4  Who  to  reproof  has  no  regard, 
Him  will  I  totally  difcard. 

5  The  private  flanderer  fhall  be 
In  public  juilice  doom'd  by  me  : 
From  haughty  looks  I'll  turn  afide, 
And  mortify  the  heart  of  pride. 

6  But  honefty,  call'd  from  her  cell, 
In  fpiendor  at  my  court  {hall  dwell  : 
Who  virtue's  practice  make  their  care, 
Shall  have-  the  firft  pref  rments  there. 
f  No  politicks  fiiall  recommend 

His  country's  foe  to  be  my  friend  : 
None  e'er  lhall  to  my  favor  rife 
By  flatt'ring  and  malicious  lies. 

8   All  thofe  who  wicked  courfes  take,' 
An  early  facrifice  I'll  make  ; 
Cut  off,  deftroy,  'till  none  remain 
God's  holy  city  to  profane. 

PSALM     CII. 

1  "fTTKEN  I  pour  out  my  foul  in  prayV, 
\\     do  thou,  O  Lord,  attend  ; 

To  thy  eternal  throne  of  grace 

kt  my  fad  cry  afcend.  2  © 


PSALM     cii.  179 

2  O  hide  not  thou  thy  glorious  face 
in  times  of  deep  diftrefs  : 

Incline  thine  ear,  and  when  I  call, 
my  forrow  foon  redreis. 

3  Each  cloudy  portion  of  my  life 
like  fcatter'd  fmoke  expires  ; 

My  fhrivel'd  bones  are  like  a  hearth, 
that's  parch'd  with  conftant  fires. 

4  My  heart  like  grafs  that  feels  the  blaft 
of  feme  infectious  wind, 

Does  languilh  fo  with  grief,  that  fcarce 
my  needful  food  I  mind. 

5  By  reafon  of  my  fad  eilate 

I  fpend  my  breath  in  groans  % 
My  flefh  is  worn  aways  my  fkin 
fcarce  hides  myftarting  bones. 

6  I'm  like  a  pelican  become, 
that  does  in  defarts  mourn  : 

Or  like  an  owl  that  fits  all  day 
on  barren  trees  forlorn. 

7  In  watchings  or  in  refdefs  dreams 
the  night  by  me  is  fpent, 

As  by  thole  folitary  birds, 
that  lonefome  roofs  frequent. 

8  All  day  by  railing  foes  I'm  made 
the  fubje£l  of  their  fcorn  ; 

Who  ail  poiiefs'd  with  furious  rage, 
have  my  deftruclion  fworn. 

9  When  grov'ling  on  the  ground  I  fie, 
opprefs'd  with  grief  and  fears, 

My  bjgad  is   fcrew'd  with  allies  o'er, 
mjwteink  is  mix'd  with  tears. 

10  Becau-fe 


1S0  PSALM     cii. 

10  Becaufe  on  me  with  double  weight 
thy  heavy  wrath  doth  lie  : 

For  thou  to  make  my  fall  more  great, 
didft  lift  me  up  on  high. 

1 1  My  days  juft  haft  ning  to  their  end, 
are  like  an  ev'ning  fhade  : 

My  beauty  does,  like  wither'd  grafs, 
with  waning  luftre  fade. 

1 2  But  thy  eternal  ltate,    O  Lord, 
no  length  of  time  (hall  wafte  : 

The  mem'ry  of  thy  wond'rous  works, 
from  age  to  age  lh.aH  laft. 

13  Thou  fhalt  arife,  and  Sion  view 
with  an  unclouded  face  ; 

For  now  her  time,  is  come,  thy  own 
appointed  day  of  grace. 

14  Her  fcatrer'd  ruins  by  thy  faints 
with  pity  are  fui  vey'd  : 

They  grieve  to  fee  her  lofty  fpires 
in  duft  and  rubbifh  laid. 

15,   16    The  name  and  glory  of  the  Lord 

all  heathen  kings  fhall  fear  ; 
When  he  fhall  Sion  build  again, 

and  in  full  ftate  appear. 
17,  1 8    When  he  regards  the  poor's  requeft, 

nor  flights  their  earneft  pray'r  *, 
Our  fons  for  this  recorded  grace, 

fhall  his  juft  praiic  declare. 

19  For   God  from  his  abode  on  high, 

his  gracious  pla}  d  ; 

The  Lord,  from   heav'n,  bis  lofty  ^trone, 

hath  all  the  earth  rowV-d. 

20  He 


PSALM    ciL  m 

20  He  liften'd  to  the  captives  moans, 
he  heard  their  mournful  cry, 

And  freed  by  his  refiftlefs  pow'r, 
the  wretches  doom'd  to  die. 

21  That  they  in  Sion,  where  he  dwells, 
might  celebrate  his  fame, 

And  through  the  holy  city  fing 
loud  praiies  to  his  name. 

22  When  all  the  tribes  afTembling  there, 
their  foiemn  vows  addrefs, 

And  neighboring  lands  with  glad  confent 
the  Lord  their  God  confefs. 

23  But  e'er  my  race  is   run,  my  ftrength 
through  his  fierce  wrath  decays  j 

He  has,  when  all  my  wifhes  bloom'd, 
cut  fliort  my  hopeful  days. 

24  Lord,  end  not  thou  my  life,  faid  I, 
When  half  is  fcarcely  paft  : 

Thy  years  from  worldly  changes  free 
to  endlefs  ages  laft. 

25  The  ftrong  foundations  of  the  earth 
of  old  by  thee  were  laid  -, 

Thy  hands,  the  beautious  arch  of  heav'n 
with  wond'rous  fkill  have  made  : 

26,  27  Whilft  thou  for  ever  fliait  endure, 
they  foon  fhall  pafs  away  ; 

And  like  a  garment  often  worn, 
fhall  tarnifh  and  decay. 

Like  that,  when  thou  ordain 'ft  their  change j 

to  thy  command  they  bend  ; 
But  thou  continu'ft  frill  the  fame, 

nor  have  thy  years  an  end. 

Q.  28  Thou 


iSz  PSALM      cii,  cin. 

28  Thou  to  the  children  of  thy  faints, 

fliall  lafting  quiet  give  ; 
Whofe  happy  race  fecurely  nx'd, 

fhall  in  thy  prefence  live. 

psalm    cnr. 

i*Tk  /T  Y  foul,  infpir'd  with  facred  love, 
2jrtyJ[    God?s  holy  name  for  ever  blefs  : 
Of  all  his  favours  mindful  prove. 
And  {till  thy  grateful  thanks  exprefs. 
3,  4  Tis  he  that  all  my  fins  forgives, 
And  after  ficknefs  makes  me  found  5 
From  danger  he  my  life  retrieves, 
By  him  with  grace  and  mercy  crown'd. 

5,6  He  with  good  things  my  mouth  fupplles 
My  vigour,  eagle-like,  renews  : 
He,  when  the  guiltlefs  fufFrer  cries, 
His  foe  with  juft  revenge  purities.    * 
j  God  made    of  old  his  righteous  ways 
To  Mofes  and  our  fathers  known  ; 
His  works  to  his  eternal  praife, 
Were  to  the  fons  of  Jacob  fhown. 

8  The  Lord  abounds  with  tender  love, 
And  unexampled  eels  of  grace  ; 
His  waken'd  wrath  does  flowly  move, 
His  willing  mercy  flows  apace. 
9,   10  God  will  not  always  harfhly  chide, 
But  with  his  anger  quickly  part  ; 
And  loves  his  pnnimments  to  guide, 
More  by  his  love  than  our  defert. 

1 1   As  high  as  heav'n  its  arch  extends 
Above  this  little  fpot  of  clay  ; 
So  much  his  boundk-fs  love  tranfeends 
The  (mail  refpecb  that  we  can  pay. 

12,    13  A 


PSALM      ciii,  civ,  i£-$. 

r2,  13   As  far  as  'tis  from  eaft  to  weft, 
So  far  has  he  our  fins  remov'd, 
Who  with  a  father's  tender  breaft 
Has  fuch  as  fear'd  him  always  lov'd. 

14,   15  For  God,who  all  our  frame  furveffc 
Considers  that  we  are  but  clay  : 
How  frefh  foe'er  we  feem,  our  days 
Like  grafs  or  flowers  muft  fade  away  : 
1 6,  1 7  Whilft  they  are  nipt  with  fudden  blafl 
Nor  can  we  find  their  former   place  ; 
God's  faithful  mercy  ever  lafts, 
To  thofe  that  fear  him,  and  their  rac|» 

18  This  fhall  attend  on  fuch  as  ft  ill 

Proceed  in  his  appointed  way  ; 

And  who  not  only  know  his  will, 

But  to  it  juft  obedience  pay. 

19,    20  The  Lord,  the  univerfal  King, 

In  heav'n  has  fix'd  his  lofty  throne : 

To  him,  ye  angels,   praifes  fing, 

In  whofe  great  ftrength  his  pow'r  is  fhown, 

Ye  that  his  juft  commands  obey, 
And  hear  and  do  his  facred  will ; 

2 1  Ye  hods  of  his  this  tribute  pay, 
Who  ftill  what  he  ordains  fulfil. 

22  Let  ev'ry  creature  jointly  blefs 

The  mighty  Lord  ;    and  thou,  my  heart, 
With  grateful  joy  thy  thanks  exprefs, 
And  in  this  concert  bear  thy  part. 

PSALM      CIV. 

Lefs  God,  my  foul  ;  thou,Lord ,  alone 
PorTcfTeft  empire  without  bounds, 
With  honour  thou  art  crown'd,  thy  throne 
Eternal  majefty  furrounds. 

.Qj*  2  With 


i$4  P  S  A  L  M     civ. 

2  With  light   thou  do'ft  thyfelf  enrobe, 
And  glory  for  a  garment  take  : 
Heaven's  curtains  lb-etch  beyond  the  globe, 
Thy  canopy  of  ftate  to  make. 

3  God  builds  on  liquid  air  and  forms 
His  palace  chambers  in  the  fkies  *, 
The  clouds  his  chariots  are,  and  ftorms 
The  fwift-wing'd  fteeds  with  which  he  flies* 

4  As  bright  as  flame,  as  fwift  as  wind, 
His  miniiters  heav'n's  palace  fill, 

To  have  their  fundry  talks  affign'd  : 
AH  proud  to  ferve  their  Sovereign's  wilh 

5,  6  Earth  on  her  centre  flx'd  he  fet, 
Her  face  with  waters  overfpread  ;  ,s 
Nor  proudeft  mountains  dar'd  as  yet, 
To  lift  above  the  waves  their  head. 

7  But  when  thy  awful  face  appear'd, 
Th'  infulting  waves  difpers'd  ;  they  fled, 
When  once  thy  thunder's  voice  they  heard, 
And  by  their  hafte  confefs'd  their  dread. 

8  Thence  up  by  fecret  tracks  they  creep. 
And  gufhing  from  the  mountain's  fide, 
Thro'  vallies  travel  to  the  deep, 
Appointed  to  receive  their  tide. 

9  There  haft  thou  hVd  the  ocean's  bounds 
The  threatning  furges  to  repel  ; 

That  they  no  more  o'erpafs  their  bounds, 
£Jor  to  a  fecond  deluge  iweli.. 

PART    II. 
io  Yet  thence  in  fmaller  parties  drawn, 
The  fea  recovers  her  loft  hills  ; 
And  ftarting  fprings  from  ev'ry  lawn, 
Surprize  the  vales  with  plenteous  rills. 

ii  The 


PSALM     civ,  iSj 

j  i  The  fields  tame  beafts  are  thither  led, 
Weary  with  labour,  faint  with  drought ; 
And  afTes  on  wild  mountains  bred, 
«tlave  fenfe  to  find  thefe  currents  out, 

12  There  fhady  trees  from  fcorching  beams, 
Yield  fhelter  to  the  feather'd  throng  \ 
They  drink,  and  to  the  bounteous  ftreams 
Return  the  tribute  of  their  fong. 

13  His  rains  from  heav'n  parch'd  hills  recruit 
That  foon  tfanfmit  the  liquid  ftore  ; 

Till  earth  is  burthen'd  with  her  fruit, 
And  nature's  lap  can  hold  no  more, 

14  Grafs,  for  our  cattle  to  devour, 
He  makes  the  growth  of  ev'ry  field; 
Herbs  for  man's  ufe,  of  various  pow'r, 
That  either  food  or  phyfick  yield. 

15  With  clufter'd  grapes  he  crowns  the  vine, 
To  chear  man's  heart  oppreft  with  cares, 
Gives  oil  that  makes  his  face  to  mine  ; 
And  corn,  that  wafted  ftrength  repairs. 

P    A    R    T     III. 

16  The  trees  of  God,  without   the  care 
Or  art  of  man,  with  fap  are  fed  ; 

The  mountain  cedar  looks  as  fair, 
As  thofe  in  royal  garden's  bred.. 

17  Safe  in  the  lofty  cedar's  arms 
The  wand'rers  of  the  air  may  reft  |. 
The  hofpitable  pine  from  harms 
Protects  the  ftork,  her  pious  guefh 

18  Wild  goats  the  craggy  rock  afcend, 
Its  tow  ring  heights  their  fortrefs  make-, 
Whofe  cells  in  labyrinths  extend, 
Where  feebler  creatures  refuge  take, 

0^3  :     19  The. 


186  PSALM    civ. 

19  The  moon's  inconftant  afpect  (hows 
Th*  appointed  feafons  of  the  year  ; 
Th'  inftructed  fun  his  duty  knows, 
His  hours  to  rife  and  difappear. 

10,2  iDarknefshe  makes  the  earth  to  fhroud, 
When  foreft  beafts  fecurely  ftray  ; 
Young  lions  roar  their  wants  aloud 
To  providence  that  fends  them  prey. 

22  They  range  all  night,  on  flaughter  bent, 
'Till  fummon'd  by  the  riling  morn, 

To  ikulk  in  dens,  with  one  confent, 
The  confcious  ravagers  return. 

23  Forth  to  the  tillage  of  his  foil, 
The  hufbandman  fecurely  goes, 
Commencing  with  the  fun  his  toil, 
With  him  returns  to  his  repofe. 

24  How  various,Lord,  thy  works  are  found,  I 
For  which  thy  wifdom  we  adore  ! 
The  earth  is  with  thy  treafure  crown'd, 
Till  nature's  hand  can  grafp  no  more. 

PART     IV. 

25  But  full,  the  vaft  unfathom'd  main 
Of  wonders  a  new  fcene  fupplies, 
Whofe  depths  inhabitants  contain, 
Of  ev'ry  form  and  ev'ry  iize. 

26  Full-freighted  Ihips  from  ev'ry  port, 
There  cut  their  unmolefted  way  ; 
Leviathan,  whom  there  to  fport 
Thou  mad'ft,  his  compafs  there  to  play/ 

27  Thefe  various  troops  of  fea  and  land, 
In  fenfe  of  common  want  agree  : 
All  wait  on  thy  difpeniing  hand, 
And  have  their  daily  alms  horn  thee. 

23  They 


PSALM     civ,  cv.  1&7 

28  They  gather  what  thy  {lores  difperfe, 
Without  their  trouble  to  provide  : 
Thou  op'ft  thy  hand,  the  univerfe, 

The  craving  world  is  all  fupply'd. 

29  Thou  for  a  moment  hid'ft  thy  face, 
The  num'rous  ranks  of  creatures  mourn  j 
Thou  tak'ft  their  breath,  all  nature's  race 
Forthwith  to  mother-earth  return. 

30  Again  thou  fend'ft  thy  fpirit  fortha 
T'  infpire  the  mafswith  vital  feed  ; 
Nature's  reftor'd,  and  parent-earth 
Smiles  on  her  new-created  breed. 

3 1  Thus  through  fuccefiive  ages  ftands 
Firm  fiVd  thy  providential  care  y 
Pleas'd  with  the  work  of  thy  own  hands, 
Thoudo'ft  thewaftes  of  time  repair. 

32  One  look  of  thine,   one  wrathful  look, 
Earth's  panting  bread  with  terror  fills  t, 
One  touch  from  thee,  with  clouds  of  fmoke 
In  cfarknefs  fhrouds  the  proudtit  hills. 

33  In  praiflng   God,  while  he  prolongs 
My  breath,  I  will  that  breath  employ  ; 

34  And  join  devotion  to  my  fongs 
Sincere,  as  in  him  is  my  joy. 

35  While  finners  from  earth's  face  are  hurl'd. 
My  foul,  praife  thou  his  holy  name, 
'Till  with  my  fong,  the  lift'ning  world 
join  concert,  and  his  praife  proclaim. 

PSALM     CV. 

I   /'"X  Render  thanks  and  blefs  the  Lord, 
\^Jr     invoke  his  facred  name  ; 

Acquaint  the  nations  with  his  deeds, 
his  matchlefs  deeds  proclaim. 

2  Sing 


2  Sing  to  his  praife,  in  lofty  hymns, 
his  wondrous  works rehearfe  ; 

Make  them  the  theme  of  your  difcourfe, 
and  fubject  of  your  verie. 

3  Rejoice  in  his  almighty  name, 
alone  to  be  ador'd  -, 

And  let  their  hearts  o'erflow  with  joy, 
that  humbly  feek  the  Lord. 

4  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  his  faving  ftrength;- 
devoutly  ftill  implore  ; 

.And  where  he's  ever  prefent,  feek 
Ills  face  for  evermore. 

5  The  wonders  that  his  hands  have  wrought^ 

keep  thankfully  in  mind  ; 
The  righteous  ftatutes  of  his  mouth, 
and  laws  tons  affign'd. 

6  Know  ye  his  fecvant  Abr'am's  feed, 
and  Jacob's  chofen  race, 

7  He's  ftill  our   God,  his  judgments  ftill: 
throughout  the  earth  take  place. 

3  His  cov'nant  he  hath  kept  in  mind 

for  num'rous  ages  part, 
Which  yet  for  thoufand  ages  more, 

in  equal  force .  fhall  laft. 
9  Fh  it  fign'd  to  Abr'am,  next  by  oath 

to  llaac  made  fecure  : 
io   To  Jacob  and  his  heirs  a  law 

for  ever  to  endure  : 

i  r   That  Canaan's  land  fhould  be  their  lot, 

when  yet  but  few  they  were  : 
12  But  few  in  number,  and  thofe  few 

all  fiiendlefs  ftiangers  there. 


PSALM     cv.  i$9 

13  In  pilgrimage,  from  realm  to  realm, 
fecurely  they  removed  ; 

14  Whilft  proudeft  monarchs  for  their  fake, 
feverely  he  reprov'd  : 

15  "  Thefe  mine  anointed  are,  fetid  he, 
"  let  none  my  fervants  wrong, 

<{  Nor  treat  the  pooreft  prophet  ill 
(t  that  does  to  me  belong." 

16  A  dearth  at  laft,  by  his  command, 
did  through  the  land  prevail  : 

'Till  corn,  the  chief  fupport  of  life, 
fuitaining  corn  did  fail. 

17  But  his  indulgent  providence 
had  pious  Jofeph  fent, 

Sold  into  Egypt,  but  their  death 
who  fold  him  to  prevent. 

18  His  feet  with  heavy  chains  were  crufh'd, 
with  calumny  his  fame  : 

19  'Till  God's  appointed  time  and  word 
to  his  deliv'rance  came. 

20  The  king  his  fovVeign  order  fent, 
and  refcu'd  him  with  fpeed  ; 

Whom  private  malice  had  confin'd, 
the  people's  ruler  freed. 

21  His  court,  revenues,  realms,  were  all 
fubj e<5ted  to  his  will  \ 

2 1  His  greateft  princes  to  eontroul, 
and  teach  his  ftatefmen  ikill. 

PART      II. 

23  To  Egypt  then,   invited  guefts, 

half-famifh'd  Ifr'el  came  ; 
And  Jacob  held,  by  royal  grant, 

the  fertile  foil  of  Ham, 

•  24  Th9 


190  PSALM     cv. 

24  Th'  Almighty  there  with  fuch  increafe. 
his  people  multiply'd, 

Till  with  their  proud  oppreflbrs  they 
in  ftrength  and  number  vy'd  j 

25  Their  vafl  increafe  th'  Egyptian  hearts-), 
with  jealous  anger  fir'd, 

'Till  they  nis  fervants  to  deftroy 
by  treach'rous  arts  confpir'd. 

26  His  fervant  Moles  then  he  fent, 
his  chofen  Aaron  too  : 

27  Impower'd  with  figns  and  miracles 
to  prove  their  minion  true. 

28  He  calfd  for  darknefs.  darknefs  came>, 
nature  his  fumrnons  knew  ; 

29Eachftreamandlaketransform'dto  blood-, 

the  wand'ring  fiflies  flew. 
30  In  putrid  fi\o,;ds  throughout  the  land, 

the  peft  of  frogs  w^s  bred  : 
From  noifome  fens  fent  up  to  croak 

at  Pharoah's  board  and  bed. 

3  1  He  gave  the  fign,  and  fwarms  of  flies, 

came  down  in  cloudy  holts  ; 
Whilft  earth's  enliven  d  dull:  below, 

bred  lice  through  all  their  coafts. 

32  He  fent  them  batt'ring  hail  for  rain, 
and  fire  for  cooling  dew. 

33  He  fmote  their  vines  and  foreft  plants,. 
and  garden's  pride  o'erthrew. 

34  He  fpake  the  word,  and  locufts  came., 
and  caterpillars  join'd  ; 

They  prey'd  upon  the  poor  remains 
the  ftorm  had  left  behind. 

35  From: 


n.ALM     CV.  ;  J^I 

35  From  trees  to  herbage  they  defcend, 

no  verdant  thing  they  fpare  ; 
But  like  the  naked  fallow  field, 

leave  all  the  paftures  bare, 

3>6  From  fields  to  villages  arrd  towns, 

commiiHon?d  vengeance  flew. 
One  fatal  ftroke  their  eldeft  hopes 

and  ftrength  of  Egypt  flew. 
37  He  brought  his  iervants  forth,  enriched 

with  Egypt's  borrow'd  wealth  j 
And,  what  tranfcends  all  treafures  elfe, 

enrkh'd  with  vigorous  health. 

3'S  Egypt  rejoyc'd,  In  hopes  to  find 
her  plagues  with  them  rem ov'd  $ 

Taught  dearly  now  to  fe-ar  worfe  ills, 
by  thcfe  already  prov'd. 

39  Their  fhrouding  canopy  by  day 
a  journeying  cloud  was  ipread  } 

A  fiery  pillar  all  the  night 
their  defart  marches  led. 

40  They   long'd   for  flefh  ;    with  evening 
he  furnihYd  ev'ry  tent  :  [quails 

From  heav'n's  own  granary,  each  morn, 
the  bread  of  angels  lent. 

41  Hefmote  the  rock  *,  whofe  flinty  breaft 
pourM  forth  a  gufhing  tide, 

Whofe  flowing  ft  ream,where'er  they  march'd 
the  de  fart's  drought  fupply'd. 

42  For  {till  he  did  on  Abr'am's  faith 
and  ancient  league  reflecl:: 

43  He  brought  his  people  forth  with  joy, 
with  triumph  his  elecl:, 

44  Quite 


192  f  S  A  ju  m    cv,  cvi. 

44  Quite  rooting  out  their  heathen  foes 
from  Canaan's  fertile  foil, 

To  thtm  in  cheap  pofTeflion  gave 
the  fruit  of  others  toil  : 

45  That  they  his  ftatutes  might  obferve, 
his  facred  laws  obey. 

For  benefits  fo  vaft,  let  us 
our  fongs  of  praife  repay. 

PSALM    CVI. 

i/~\  Render  thanks  to  God  a1x>ve, 
\^J   The  fountain  of  eternal  love  ; 
Whofe  mercy  firm  through  age*  paft 
Has  ftood,  and  fhall  for  ever  laft. 

2  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  exprefs, 
Not  only  valt,  but  numberlefs  ? 
What  mortal  eloquence  can  raife, 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praife  ? 

3  Happy  are  they,  and  only  they, 
Who  from  thy  judgments  never  ftray: 
Who  know  what's  right  ;  not  only  fo, 
But  always  practice  what  they  know. 

4  Extend  10  me  that  favour,  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chofen  doft  afford  : 
When  thou  return'ft  to  fet  them  free, 
Let  thy  falvation  vifit  me. 

5  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  fee 
Thy  faints  in  full  profperity  ; 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine. 

6  But  ah  !  can  we  expect  fuch  grace, 
Of  parents  vile,  the  viler  race  ; 
Who  their  mifdeeds  have  acted  o'er, 
And  with  new  crimes  increas'd  the  fcore  ? 

7  Ingrateful 


PS  AL  m    cvi.  193 

7  Ingrateful  !  they  no  longer  thought 
On  all  his  works  in  Egypt  wrought  ; 
The  Red  Sea  they  no  iooner  view'd, 
But  they  their  bafe  diftrufl  renew'd. 

8  Yet  he,  to  vindicate  his  name, 
Once  more  to.  their  deliv'rance  came, 
To  make  his  fov'reign  pow'r  be  known, 
That  he  is  God,  and  he  alone. 

9  To  right  and  left,  at  his  command, 
The  parting  deep  difctcs'd  her  fand  *, 
Where  firm  and  dry  the  paffage  lay, 

As  through  fome  parch' d  and  defart  way. 

10  Thus  refcu'd  from  their  foes  they  were,- 
Who  clofely  prefs'd  upon  their  rear, 

1 1  Whofe  rage  purfu'd  'em  to  thofe  waves, 
That  prov'd  the  rafh  purfuers  graves. 

12  The  wat'ry  mountains  fudden  falj 
O'erwhelm'd  proud  Pharoah,  hoft  and  all. 
This  proof  did  faipid  Ifr'el  move 

To  own  God's  truth,  and  praife  his  love. 

PART    II. 

13  But  foon  thefe  wonders  they  forgot, 
And  for  his  counfel  waited  not  5 

14  But  lulling  in  the  wildernefs, 
Did  him  with  frefh  temptations  prefs. 

15  Strong  food  at  their  requeft  he  fent, 
But  made  their  fin  their  punifhment. 

16  Yet  ftill  his  faints  they  did  oppofe, 
The.prieft  and  prophet  whom  he  chofe. 

17  But  earth,  the  quarrel  to  decide, 
Her  vengeful  jaws  extended  wide, 
Rafh  Dathan  to  her  centre  drew, 
With  proud  Abiram's  factious  crew. 

R  18  The 


rrflT^Ul 


-,94  PSALM     cvi. 

1 8  The  reft  of  thofe  who  did  confpire 
To  kindle  wild  fedition's  fire, 

With  all  their  impious  train  became 
A  prey  to  heav'n's  devouring  flame. 

19  Near   Horeb's  mount  a  calf  they  made, 
And. to  the  molten  image  pray'd  ; 

20  Adoring  what  their  bands  did  frame, 
They  chang'd  their  glory  to  their  fhame. 

21  Their  God  and  Saviour  they  forgot, 
And  all  his  works  in  Egypt  wrought  ; 

22  His  iignsin  Ham's  altonifh'd  coaft, 
And  where  proudPharaoh's  troops  were  loft. 

23  Thus  urg'd,  his  vengeful  hand  he  rear'd,  i 
But  Mofes  in  the  breach  appear'd  ; 

The  faint  did  for  the  rebels  pray, 

And  turn'd  heavVs  kindled  wrath  away. 

24,  25  Yet  they  his  pleafant  land  defpis'd, 

Nor  his  repeated  promife  priz'd ; 

Nor  did  ths  Almighty's  voice  obey  ; 

But  when  God  laid,  go  up,   would  ftay. 

26,  27  This  feal'd  their  doom. without  redrefs 
To  perifh  in  the  wildernefs  ; 
Or  elfe  to  be  by  heathen  hands 
O'erthrown  and  fcatter'd  thro'  the  lands. 

P  A  K  T     III. 

28  Vet  unreclaim'd  this  ftubborn  race 
Baal  Peor's  worfhip  did  embrace  •, 
Became  his  impious  guefb,  and  fed 
On  iacrifices  to  the  dead. 

29  Thus  they  perfifted  to  provoke 
God's  vengeance  to  the  final  ftroke. 

''Pis  come  : — the  deadly  pell  is  come 
To  execute  their  gen'ral  doom. 

io  Bat 


PSALM      cvL  195 

^o  But   Phinehas  hVd  with  holy  rage, 
(  rh'Almighty's  vengeance  to  aiTuage) 
Did,  by  two  bold  offenders  fall, 
Th'  atonement  make  that  ranfom'd  alL 

31  As  him  a  heav'nly  zeal  had  mov'd, 
So  heav'n  the  zealous    act  approv'd  5 
To  him  confirming,  and  his  race, 
The  priefthood  he  fo  well  did  grace. 

32  At  Meribah  God's  wrath  they  mov'd, 
Who  Mofes  for  their  fakes  reprov'd  ; 

33  Whofe  patient  foul  they  did  provoke, 
Till  rafhly  the  meek  prophet  fpoke. 

34  Nor  when  poffefs'd  of  Canaan's  land, 
Did  they  perform  their  Lord's  command, 
Nor  his  commiilion'd  fword  employ 

The  guilty  nations  to  deftroy. 

35  Nor  only  fpar'd  the  Pagan  crew, 
But  mingling  learnt  their  vices  too  ; 

36  And  worfhip  to  thofe  idols  paid, 
Which  them  to  fatal  fhares  betray'd, 
37,  38  To  devil's  they  did   facrifice 
Their  children  with  relentlefs  eyes  ; 
Approach'd  their  altars  thro'  a  flood 
Of  their  own  forts  and  daughters  blood. 

No  cheaper  victims  would  appeafe 
Canaan's  remorfelefs  deities  ; 
No  blood  her  idols  reconcile, 
Bat  that  which  did  the  land  defile, 

PART     IV. 

39  Nor  did  thefe  favage  cruelties 
The  harden'd  reprobates  fuffice  \    ■ 
For  after  their  hearts  lufis  they  went, 
.And  daily  did  new  crimes  invent, 

40  Bur 


|'P<S  PSALM     cvi. 

4o  But  fins  of  fuch  infernal  hue 
God  s  wrath  againft  his  people  drew  ; 
liU  he,  then-  once  indulgent  Lord, 
«is  own  inheritance  abhor'd. 

4t   Hethemdefencelefsdidexpofe 
To   nen-mfultmg  heathen  fotsP; 

fcw;h?onihe!tiu«^«it, 

42  Nor  tl ,k°.      -eihem  Sreateft  *a* 
Th4r tt?      *  lnd!§nation  ceas'd  ; 
UKuhft  of  tyrants  he  incie;isy 

r.ii  thef  who  God,s  m..d  f    ' 

Were  made  thevaflals  of  mankind  ' 

43  Yet,  when  diftrefs'd  they  did  repent 
ri>s  anger  did  as  oft  reientf    1U  r£PerU» 

R"'^d'  l^r  did  his  wrath  provoke 
Renew  d  th«r  fi„s,  and  he  tJr      £* 

44  Nor  yet  implacable  he  prov'd. 

a^T] tthek  ^r£tched  cries  u^ov«d  ; 

45  But  did  to  m,nd  his  promife  bring, 
And  mercy's  inexhaufted  fpring.        S* 

4«  Compaffion  too  he  did  impart, 
Evn  to  their  foes  obdurate  heart. 
And  pity  for  their  fuff.ri        br£d' 
In  thofe  who  them  to  bondage  led. 

47  Still  fave  us,  Lord,  and  ffr'el's  band- 
Jo  fn^  bnng  fi'°m  h£athen  ]^s; 
6>o  to  th;.  name  our  thanks  we'll  raife. 

And  ever  triumph  in  thy  praife.  ' 

48  Let  Ifr'el's  God  be  ever  biefs'd 
His  name  eternally  confefs'd  : 
£et  all  his  faints  with  full  accord 
Smgloud  Amens. Praife   ye  the  Lord 

PSALM 


PSALM      cyii.  197 

PSALM     CVil. 

1  r  1  1  O  God  your  grateful  voices  raife, 
_£_  Who  doth  your  daily  patron  prove; 
And  iet  your  never-ceafing  praife 
Attend  on  his  eternal  love. 
2,  3  Let  thole  give  thanks,  whom  he  from 
Of  proud  oppreffing  foes  releas'd ;  (  bands, 
And  brought  them  back  from  diftant  lands, 
From  north  and  fouth,  and  weft  and  eaft. 

4,  5  Through  lonely  defart  ways  they  went 
Nor  cou'd  a  peopTd  city  find  : 
'  fill  quite  with  thirft  and  hunger  fpent9 
Their  fainting  foul  within  them  pinM. 

6  Then  loon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry  addreis  $ 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfaf 'd  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 

7  From  crooked  paths  he  led  them  forth,, 
And  in  the  certain  way  did  guide. 

To  wealthy  towns  of  great  refort, 
Where  all  their  wants  were  well  fupply'd. 

8  O  then  thac;  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  I 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  di  J  plays.. 

9  For  he  from  heav'n  the  fad  efta'te 
Of  longing  fouls  with  pity  views  ; 
To  hungry  fouls  that  pant  for  meat^ 
His  goodnefs  daily  food  renews. 

PAR    T      II. 
io  Some  lie,with  darknefs  ccmpafs'd  roundj 
In  death's  uncomfortable  made  ; 
And  with  unweildy  fetters  bound, 
Ly  preiling  cares  more  heavy  made. 

B.  2,  11,  u   B&caufe 


J  98 


PSALM        cvh\ 


ii,   12  Becaufe  God's  counfel  they  defy'd 
And  lightly  priz'd  his  holy  word, 
With  thefe  aftlclions  they  were  try'd  : 
They  fell  and  none  could  help  afford. 

-i  3  Then  fcon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfaf 'd  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  diftre/s,, 

14  From  difmal  dungeons,  dark  as  night,. 
And  fiia.lt  s  as  black  as  death's  abode, 

He  brought  them  forth  tochearful  light, 
And  welcome  liberty  beftow'd. 

15  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  ibis  his  goodnefs  praife  I 
And  i'ov  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplays|. 

16  For  he  with  his  almighty  hand, 
The  gates  of  brafs  in  pieces  broke  : 
Nor  could  the  ma  fly  bars  withftand 
Or  temoer'd  fteel  refift  his  ftroke. 

P  A  R  T    III. 

17  Remorfelefs  wretches,  void  of  fenfe, 
With  bold  tranfgrefliosis  God  defy  j 
And  for  their  multiply'^  offence, 
OppieXs'd  with  fore  dileafes  lie  : 

foul,  a  prey  to  pain  and  fear, 
1  s  to  taftc  the  choiceft  meats  j 
And  they  by  feint  degrees  draw  near 
To  death's  inhofpitable  gates. 

1.9  Then  ftrait  to  God's  indulgent  ear, 
Do  they  their  mournful  cry  addiefs  \ 
Who  gracioufly  vouchsafes  to  hear, 
And  frets  them  from  thcii  deeu  difii 


F  S  A  L  M    cvih  ioc> 

20  He  all  their  fad  diftempers  heals. 
His  ward  both  health  and  fafety  gives  3 
And  when  all  human  fuccour  fails, 
From  near  deftruction  them  retrieves. ; 


21  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  !• 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplays-^, 

22  With  off 'rings  let  his  altar  flame, 
Whilft  they  their  grateful  thanks  exprefs? 
And  with  loud  joy  hisholy name 

For  all  his  acts  of  wonder  blefs  I 

PART    IV. 

23,24 They  that  in  fhips,  with  courage  frolc^ 
O'er  fwelling  waves  their  trade  puriue5 
Do. God's  amazing  works  behold, 
And  in  the  deep  his  wonders  view. 
•  25  No  fooner  his  command  is  pafr. 
But  forth  the  dreadful  tempeft  flies, 
Which  fweeps  the  fea  with  rapid  hafle,. 
And  makes  the  flormy  billows  rife. 

26  Sometimes  the  fhips  tofs'd  up  to  heav'% 
On  tops  of  mountain  waves  appear  ; 
Then  down  the  fteep  abyfs  are  driv'n, 
Whiifl  ev'ry  foul  dhTolves  with  fear, 

27  tThey  reel  and  ftagger  to  and  fro, 
Like  men  with  fumes  of  wine  opprefs'd  | 
Nor  do  the  fkilful  feamen  kno^v 

rhich  way  to  fteer5  what  coutfe  is  beft; 

Then  ftraight  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
:y  Jo  their  mournful  cry .addrefs  % 
\V  .  vouchiafes  to  hear, 

-  ..  from  their  deep  diitrefs, 

29,  30  He 


1  nil 


2oo  PSALM    cvii. 

?o,  30  He  does  the  ragmg  ftorm  appeafe, 
And  makes  the  billows  cami  and  (till  j 
With  joy  they  fee  their  fury  ceafe, 
And  theic  intended  courie  tullil. 

3  1   O  then  that  all  the  earth,  w;th  me, 
Wouui  God  for  this  his  goodness  praifet 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Thrc.  '.; '  j'Jt  the  wond'ring  world  difplays  ! 
3:  Lei  them,  where  all  the  tribes  reibrt, 
Advance  to  heav'n  his  glorious  name, 
And  in  the  elders  foV.Yeigfc  court 
With  one  confent  his  praife  proclaim, 

P  A  R  T      V. 

;:  3 , 3  4  \  Fl  uit  ful  land, where  ft  reams  Jtbpu 

GodYjufr.  revenue,  if  people  fin, 

Will  turn  to  dry  and  barren  ground 

To  punifb  thpTe  that  dwell  therein. 

3  5,36  i  he  parch'd  anddefart  heath  he  makes. 

To  flow  with  dreams  and  fpringing  wells, 

:h,fbr  his  lot  the  hungry  takes, 
And  in  ftrong  cities  iafely,  dwells. 

37,  38  He  fows  the  field, the  vineyard  plants,. 

Which  gratefully  his  toil  repay  ; 

Nor  can*  w.hiiit  God  his  bldling. grants, 

His  fruitful  feed  or'ffeock  decay. 

7$  Bur  v.' lien  his  ires  heav'n's  wrath  provoke 

His  health  and  fubltance  fade  away; 

lie  feels  tit'  opprtffpr's  jailing  yoke, 

And  is  of  grief  the  wretched  prey. 

4n'l  I  thatfligbtswhatGodcoramands 

Ai  to  fcorn,  mult  hi^  quit   thione  ; 
And  over  wild  an  !  ci^fart  lands, 
Where  no  path  offer*,  ii.  ay  alone. 

41  Whilft 


PS  ALM     evil,  cviii.  201 

41  Whilft  God,  from  all  afflicting  cares. 
Sets  up  the  humble  man  on  high  •, 
And  makes  in  time  his  num'rous  heifs 
With  his  increafing  flocks  to  vie. 

42,43  Then  miners  fhall  have  nought  to  fay, 
Thejuft  a  decent  joy  mall  ftiow  ; 
The  wife  thefe  ftrange  events  ihall  weigh, 
And  thence  God's  goodnefs  fully  know. 

PSALM     CVIII. 

1  /^Y   GOD,  my  heart  is  fully  bent, 
V_J!      to  magnify  thy  name  1 

My  tongue  with  chearfui   fongs  of  praife 
mail  celebrate  thy  fame. 

2  Awake,  my  lute  ;    nor   thou,  my  harp 
thy  warbling  notes  delay  ; 

Whilft  I  with  early  hymns  of  joy 
prevent  the  dawning  day, 

3  To  all  the  lift'ning  tribes,  O     Lord* 
thy  wonders  I  will  tell, 

And  to  thofe  nations  ling  thy  praife 
that  round  about  us  dwell  ; 

4  Becaufe  thy  mercy's  boundlefs  height 
the  higheft  heav'n  tranfeends, 

And  far  beyond  th'  afpiring  clouds, 
thy  faithful  truth  extends. 

5  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high 
above  the  ftarry  frame, 

And  let  the  world,  with  one  confent, 
confefs  thy  glorious  name. 

6  That  all  thy  chofen  people  thee 
their  Saviour  may  declare  ; 

Let  thy  right  hand  protect  me  ftHI* 
and  anfwer  thou  my  pray'r. 

7  Since 


202  P  S  A  L  M    cviHj  clx. 

7  Since  God  himfelf  has  faid  the  word., ( 
whofe  promife  cannot  fail, 

With  joy  I  Sichem  will  divide, 
and  meafure  Succoth's  vale  ; 

8  Gilead  is  mine,  ManaiTch  too, 
and  Ephraim  owns  my  caufe  : 

Their  ftrength  my  regai  pow'r  fupport3, 
and  Judah  gives  my  laws. 

5>  Moab  I'll  make  my  fervile  drudge, 

on  vanquihVd  Edom  tread  °, 
And  thr.ough  the  proud  Paleftine  land^  , 

my  conqu'ring  banners  fpread. 

10  By  whofe  fupportand  aid  fhall  I 
their  well-fenc'd  city  gain  ? 

Who  will  my  troops  fecurely  lead 
thro'  Edom's  guarded  plain  ? 

1 1  Lord,  wilt  not  thou  aflift  our  arms, 
which  late  thou  didft  forfake  ? 

And  wilt  not  thou,  ofthefe  our  hofts, 
once  more  the  guidance  take  ? 

12  0*to  thy  fervants  in  diftrefs, 
thy  fpeedy  fuccour  fend  ; 

For  vain  it  is  on  human  aid. 
for  fafety  to  depend. 

1 3  Then  valiant  acts  fhall  we  perform^  . 
if  thou  thy  pow'r  difclofe  ; 

For  God  it  is,  and  God  alone, 
that  treads  down  all  our  foes. 

PSALM     CIX. 

i   /~\   GOD,  whofe  former  mercies  make 
V^/      my  conftant  praife  thy  due, 

Hold  not  thy  peace,  but  my  fad  ftate 
with  wonted  favour  view. 

2  For 


PSALM      cix.   .  203 

2  For  iinful  men  with  lying  lips, 
deceitful  fpeeches  frame, 

And  with  their  itudy'd  flinders  feek, 
to  wound  my  fpodeis  fame. 

3  Their  refileiV hatred  prompts  them  ftill 
malicious  lies  to  fpread  ; 

And  ail  againit  my  life  combine, 
by  caufeiefs  fury  led. 

4  Thofe  whom  with  tend'reft  love   I  us'd, 
my  chief  oppolers  are  ; 

Whilft  I,  of  other  friends  bereft, 
refort  to  thee  by  pray  V. 

5  Since  mifchief.  for  the  good  I  did, 
their  ftrange  reward  does  prove  5 

Andhatred's    the  return  they  make 
for  undiiiemblM  love  :  ' 

6  Their  guilty  leader  fliall  be  made 
to  fome  &11  man  a  ilave  : 

And  when  he's  try'd,  his  mortal  foe 
for  his  accufer  have, 

7  His  guilt,  when  fen  fence  is  pronounc'd, 
fhall  meet  a  dreadful  fate, 

Whilit  his  rejected  pray'r  but  ferves 

his  crimes  to  aggravate. 
S  He,  fnatch'd  by  fome  untimely  fate, 

fhan't  live  out  half  his  days  : 
■Another  by  divine  decree, 

fhall  on  his  office  feize, 

9,   10  His  ftcd  fhall  orphans  be,  his  wife 

a  widow  plung'd  in  grief  : 
His  vagrant  children  beg  their  bread, 
relief, 

.xi  His 


in  1 1  in  in  in  niti  III 


204  PSALM         cix. 

1 1  His  ill  got  riches  fhall  be  made 
to  ufurers  a  prey  ; 

The  fruit  of  all  his  toil  fhall  be 
by  ilrangers  born  away. 

1 2  None  fhall  be  found  that  to  his  wants 
their  mercy  will  extend, 

Or  to  Iiis  helplefs  orphan  feed 
the  leaft  affiftance  lend. 

13  A  fwift  deftruction  foon  fhall  feiz* 
on  his  unhappy  race  ; 

And  the  next  age  his  hated  name 
ihall  utterly  Leface. 

14  The  vengeance  of  his  father's  fins, 
upon  his  head  fhall  fall  ; 

God  on  his  mother's  crimes  fhall  think, 
and  punifh  him  for  all. 

1 5  All  thefe  in  horrid  order  rank'd, 
before  the   Lord  fhall  ftand, 

'Till  his  fierce  anger  qite  cuts  off 
their  mem'ry  from  the  land. 

PART     II. 

16  Becaufe  he  never  mercy  fhew'd, 
but  fliil  the  poor  opprefs'd  ; 

And  fought  to  flay  the  helplefs  man, 
with  heavy  woes  diftrefs'd. 

1 7  Therefore  the  curfe  he  lov'd  to  vent, 
fhall  his  own  portion  prove  ; 

And  bleffing,  which  he  flill  abhor'd, 
ihall  far  from  him  remove. 

18  Since  he  in  curfing  took  fuch  pride, 
like  water  it  fhall  fpread 

Thro?  all  his  v..  ns,  and  ftick  like  oil 
with  which  his  bones  are  fed. 

19  This, 


P  S  A  :.  M   m.:  W§ 

29  This,  like  a  poifaii'd    ,-be,  mall  ftill 
"his  conftant  povYing  be  ; 
Or  an  eaisenorr/d  be!     from  which 
he  never  fhail  be  f>ee, 

20  Thus  fhall  the  Lord  reward  all  thofe5 
that  ill  to  me  defign  ; 

That  with  malicious  talfe  reports 
againft  my  life  combine. 

21  But  for  thy  glorious  name,  O'Godj 
do  thou  deliver  me  \ 

And  for  thy  graciout  mercy's  fake, 
N  preferve  and  fet  me  free  : 

22  For  I,  to  utmoft  Araks  reduc'd, 
am  void  of  all  relief  ; 

My  heart  is  wounded  with  diltrefs, 
and  quite  pierc'd  thro'  with  grief. 

23  I,  like  an  ev'ning  made,  decline, 
which  vanishes  apace  : 

Like  locufts  up  and  down  I'm  tofs'd, 
and  have  no  certain  place. 

-24,  "25  My  knees  with  falling  are  grown 
•  my  body  lank  and  lean  ;  [weak 

All  that  behold  me  fhake  their  heads, 

and  treat  me  with  difdain. 
26,  27  But  for  thy  mercies  fake,  O  Lord, 

do  thou  my  foes  withstand  ; 
That  all  may  fee  'tis  thy  own  act, 

the  work  of  thy  right-hand. 

28  Then  let  them  curfe,  fo  thou  but  ble'fs  \ 

let  fhame  the  portion  be 
Of  all  that  my  deftruclion  feek, 

while  I  rejoice  in  thee. 

S  29  My 


.rriimrnn 


ao<5  PSALM     cix,  ex. 

29  My  foe  fhall  with  difgrace  be  cloath'd, 
v^ad  fpite  of  all  his  pride, 

His  own  confuiion,  like  a  cloak, 
the  guilty  wretch  fhail  hide.    . 

30  But  I  to  God,  in  grateful  thanks, 
my  chearful  voice  will  raife  ; 

And  where  the  great  afTembly  meets, 
fet  forth  his  noble  p raife. 

3 1  For  him  the  poor  fhall  always  find 
their  fure  and  conftant  friend  •, 

And  he  fhall  from  unrighteous  dooms 
their  guiltlefs  fouls  defend. 

*      PSALM    CX. 

xr  1  tHE  Lord  unto  my  Lord  thus  fpake, 
§      "  Till  I  thy  foes  thy  foot ftool  make, 
■     *'  Sit  thou  in  ftate,  at  my  right-hand  : 

2  "  Supreme  in  Sion  thou  matt  be, 
f(  And  all  thy  proud  oppreffors  fee 

c<  Subjected  to  thy  juft  command. 

3  (C  Thee,  in  thy  powVs  triumphant  day, 
<(  The  willing  nations  fhall  obey  ; 

<c  And  when  thy  filings  beams  they  view, 
<{  Shall  all  (redeem'd  from  error's  night) 
"  Appear  as  numberlefs  and  bright 

u   As  cryftal  drops  of  morning  dew." 

4  The  Lord  hath  fworn,  nor  fworn  in  vain, 
That,  like  Melchifedech's,  thy  reign 

And  priefthood  mall  no  period  know  : 

5  No  proud  competitor  to  lit 

At  thy  right-hand  will  he  permit  ; 

But  in  his  wrath  crown'd  heads  o'erthrow, 

6  The  fentene'd  heathen  he  fhall  flay, 
And  fill  with  carcafTes  his  way, 

Till 


\ 

PS  AL  M     cxi,     cxi.  207 

Till  he  hath  ftruck  earth's  tyrants  dead : 
7  Bat  in  the  high-way  brooks  fhali  firft, 
Like  a  poor  pilgrim  flake  his  thirft, 

And  then  in  triumph  raife  his  head. 

PSALM    CXI. 

ilQ^Raife  ye  the  Lord  ;  our  God  to  praifc 
My  foul  her  utmoft  pow'rs  fhall  raifes 
Wish  private  friends,  and  in  the  throng 
Of  faints,  his  praife  fhall  be  my  fong. 

2  His  works,  for  greatnefs  tho'  renown'd, 
His  wond'rous  works  witlx^eafe  are  found- 
By  thofe  who  feek  for  them  aright^ 

And  in  the  pious  feareh  delight.  -: 

3  His  works  are  all  of  matchlefs  fame, 
And  univerfal  glory  claim  ; 

His  truth  confirm'd  through  ages  oaft3 
Shall  to  eternal  ages  lafu. 

4  By  precept  he  has  us  enjoin'd, 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  works  in  mind 

And  to  pofterity  record, 

That  good  and  gracious  is  our  Lord. 

5  His  bounty,  like  a  flowing  tide, 
Has  all  his  fervant's  wants  fupplyM  ; 
And  he  -mil  ever  keep  in  mind, 
His  cov'nant  with  pur  fathers  fign'd, 

6  At  once  aftonifli'd  and  o'erjoy'd, 
They  faw  his  matchlefs  pow'r  employ'd  ; 
"Whereby  the  heathen  were  fupprefs'd, 
And  we  their  heritage  poflefs'd. 

7  Juft  are  the  dealings  of  his  hands, 
ijm mutable  are  his  commands, 

8  By  truth  and  equity  fuftain'd, 
And  for  eternal  rules  ordain'd, 

S  a  9  He 


2o3  P  S  A  L  M    cxi, 


exit 


9  He  fet  his  faints  from  bondage  free,. 
And  then  eftablifh'd  his  decree, 

For  ever  to  remain  the  fame  ; 
Holy  and  rev'rend  is  his  name. 

10  Who  wifdom  s  facred  prize  would  wir0. 
Mull  with  the  fear  of  God  begin  ; 
Immortal  praiie  and  heav'nly  fkill 

Have  they  who  know  arid  do  his  will. 

P  S  ii  L  M    CXII. 

H  A  L  L  E  L  U  J  A  H. 

i r  I  1 H  A.T  man  is  b'cft  who  (lands  in.  awe  I 
I       Of  God?  and  loves  his  facred  law  : 

2  His  feed  on  earth  fhall  be  reuown'd, 
And  with  fucceiiive  honours  crown'd. 

3  His  houfe,  the  feat  of  wealth,  fhall  be, 
An  inexhaufted  uea.ury  ; 

His  juftice,  free  from  all  decay) 
Shall  bleffings  to  his  heirs  convey. 

4  The  foul  that's  iill'd  with  virtue's  light,. 
Shines  brightest  in  affliction's  night  ', 

To  pity  the  diftrefs'd  inclin'd, 
As  well  as  juft  to  all  mankind. 

5  His  lib'ral  favours  he  extends, 
To  fome  he  gives,  to  others  lends  : 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs, 

He  faves  by  prudence  in  affairs. 

6  Befet  with  threatening  dangers  round  m7. 
Unmov'd  ihall  he  maintain  his  ground  j 
The  fweet  remembrance  of thejnft 
Shall  flourilh  when  he  fleeps  in  dufl. 

7  III  tidings  never  can  furprize 
His  heart  that  fixM  on  God  reiies  : 

8  On  fafety's  rock  he  fits,  and  fees 

The  fhipwreck  of  his  enemies.  9  His 


PSALM    cxii,    cxiii.  209 

9  His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  bcftow'd 
His  glory's  future  harveit  fow'd, 
Whence  he  fhallreap  wealth, fame, renown, 
A  tempVal  and  eternal  crown. 

10  The  wicked  fhall  his  triumph  fee;>, 
And  gnaih  their  teeth  in  agony  j 
While  their  unright'ous  nopes  decay, 
And  vanifh  with  themfeives  away. 

PALM    CXIII. 

i"\7E  faints  andfervants  of  the  Lord, 

The  triumphs   of  his  name  record  3 
2  His  facred  name  for  ever  blefs. 

3  Where-e'er  the  circling  fun  difplay* 
His  riling  beams  or  fetting  rays, 

Duepraifeto  his  great  nameaddrefs 

4  God  thro'  the  world  extends  his  fway  » 
The  regions  of  eternal  day. 

But  fhadows  of  his  glory  are. 

5  To  him,  whofe  Majefty  excels, 

Who  made  the  heav'n  in  which  he  dwells 
Let  no  created  pow'r  compare, 

6  Though  'tis  beneath  hi3  fiate  to  "view 
In  higheft  heav'n  what  angels  do, 

Yet  he  to  earth  vouchfafes  his  care  ° 
He  takes  the  needy  from  his  ceii5 
Advancing  him  in  courts  to  dwell, 

Companion  to  the  greateft  there. 

7  When  childlefs  families  defpair, 
He  fends  the  bleffing  of  an  heir, 

To  refcue  their  expiring  name  : 
Makes  her  that  barren  was  to  beaiy 
And  joyfully  her  fruit  to  rear  : 

O  then  extol  his  matchlefs  fame  ! 

S3  -PSALM 


210  PS  AL  M     cxfr. 

PSALM   CXIV. 

WHEN  If'rel  by  th'  Almighty  led, 
(Enrich'd  with  the iroppreflorsfpoil 
From  Egypt  march'd,  and  Jacob's  feed 
From  bondage  in  a  foreign  foil  > 

2  Jehovah,  for  his  refidence, 
Choie  out  imperial  Judah's  tent, 
His  manfion  royal  and  from  thence 
Thro'  Ifr'ei's  camp  his  orders  fent. 

3  The  diftant  fea  with  terror  faw, 
And  from  th'  Almighty's  prefence  fled  j 
Old  Jordan's  ftreams  furpriz'd  with  awe, 
Retreated  to  their  fountain's  head. 

4  The  taller  mountains  fkipp'd  like  rams, 
When  danger  near  the  fold  they  hear  ; 
The  hills  fkipp'd  after  them  like  lambs 
Affrighted  by  their  leader's  fear. 

5  O  fea,  what  made  your  tide  withdraw., 
And  naked  leave  your  oozy  bed  ? 
"Why  Jordan  againit  nature's  law, 
Recoild'ft  thou  to  thy  fountain's  head  ; 

6  Why,  mountains,  did  ye  fkip  like  rams, 
When  danger  does  approach  the  fold  ? 
Why  after  you  the  hills  like  lambs, 
When  they  their  leader's  flight  behold  ?• 

7  Earth  tremble  on  :  Well  may 'ft  thou  feai 
Thy  Lord  and  Maker's  face  to  fee  : 
When  Jacob's  awful  God  draws  near, 
Tis  time  for  earth  and  feas  to  flee. 

8  To  flee  from  God,  who  nature's  law 
Confirms  and  cancels  at  his  will  ? 

Who  iprings  from  flinty  rocks  can  draw,  J 
And  thirfly  vales  with  water  All. 

V  S  A  L  id 


PSALM    cxv.-  2ftfe 

PSALM    CX¥. 

s"f"     ORD,  not  to  us,  we  claim  no  fhare3 

j|   j    but  to  thy  facred  name 
Give  glory,  tor  thy  mercy's  fake, 

and  truth's  eternal  fame. 

2  Why  fhould  the  heathen  cry,  where's  npw.. 
the  God  whom  we  adore  ? 

3  Convince  them  that  in  heav'n  thou  art3 
and  uncontrGul'd  thy  pow'r, 

4  Their   gods  but  gold  and  filver  are, 
the  works  of  mortal  hands  $ 

5  With  fpeechlefs  mouth.andfightlefseye^ 
the  molten  idol  (rands. 

6  The  pageant  has  both  ears  and  nofe, 
but  neither  hears  nor  fmells  ; 

7  Its  hands  and  feet  nor  feel,  nor  move*; 
nor  life  within  it  dwells, 

8  Such  fenfelefs  flocks  they  are,  that  we 
can  nothing  like  them  find  ; 

But  thofe  who  on  their  help  rely9 
and  them  for  gods  defign'd. 

9  O  Ifr'el,  make  the  Lord  your  truft*. 
who  is  your  help  and  fhield  ; 

10  Priefts,  Levites,  truft  in  him  alones 
who  only  help  can  yield. 

1 1  Let  ail  who  truly  fear  the  Lord3 
on  him  their  fear  rely  ; 

Who  them  in  danger  can  defend, 

and  all  their,  wants  fupply. 
12,  13  Of  us  he  oft  has  mindful  been*.. 

and  Ifr'ei's  houfe  will  blefs  ; 
Priefb,  Levites,  profelytes?  ev'n  all 

who  his  great  ©arne  ceafefs. 


212  P  S   A  L  M    cxv,    cxvi. 

14  On  you,  and  on  your  heirs  he  will 
increafe  of  blefling  bring  : 

15  Thrice  happy  you,  who  fav'r.tes  are 
of  this  almighty  King. 

16  Heav'n's  higher!  orb  of  glory,  he 
his  empire's  feat  deiign'cl  \ 

And  gave  this  lower  globe  of  earth 
a  portion  to  mankind,. 

1  7  They  who  in  death  and  filence  fleep* 

to  him  no  praife  afford  : 
18  But  we  will  blefs  for  ever  more. 
our  ever-living  Lord. 

F  S  A  L  M    CXVI. 

?\/f¥  foul,  with  grateful  tho'ts  of  love 

1\  jL    intirely  is  poflcft, 
Beeaufe  the  Lord  vouchfu  'd  to  hear 
the  voice  of  my  re  que  ft. 

2  Since  he  has  now  his  ear  inclinM,, 
1  never  will  deipair  ; 

But  ftill  in  ail  the  ftraits  of  life 
to  him  adcirefj  my  pray'r. 

3  With  deadly  forrows  ccmpafs'd  round,, 
•with  pains  of  hell  opprefs'd  j 

When  troubles  feiz'd  my  aching  hcarr, 
?nd  anguifh  rack'd  my  bread:  : 

4  On  God's  almighty  name  I  call'd, 
and  thus  to  him  I  pray'd  ; 

**  Lord  I  befeech  thee,  lave  my  foul 
M  with  forrows  quite  difmay'd  : 

5,  6   How  juft  and  merciful  J3  Qod 

how  gracious  is  the  Lord   ! 
Who  feves»tke  barmiefs.  and  to  me 

does  timely  help  afford. 

7  Then 


F  S  A  L  M    cxvi.  213 

J  Then  free  from  p-enfive  cares,  my  foul 

refume  thy  wonted  reft  ; 
For  God  has  wond'rouily  to  thee 

his  bounteous  love  expreft. 

8  When  death  alarm'd  me,  he  remov'd 
my  danger  and  my  fears  : 

My  feet  from  falling  he  fecur'd, 
and  dry'd  my  eyes  from  tears. 

9  Therefore  my  life's  remaining  years-, 
which  God  ro  me  fhail  len4y 

Will  I  in  praifes  to  his  name,. 
and  in  his  iervice  fpend. 

10  1 1  In  God  I  trufced,,  and  of  him 
in  greater!  {traits  did  hoarr.  ; 

(For  in  my  flight  all  hopes  of  aid 

from  faithiefs  men  were  loft :) 
12,    13   Then  what  return  to  him  fliall  I 

for  all  his  goodnefs  make  ? 
I'll  praiie  his  name,  and  with  glad  zeal 

the  cup  of  bleffing  take, 

14,   15  I'll  pay  my  vows  amongft  his  faints^. 

whofe,  blood  (howe'er  defpis'd 
By  wicked  men)  in  God's  account 

is  always  highly  priz'd. 
16  By  various  ties,  O  Lord,  mull:  I; 

to  thy  dominion  bow, 
Thy  humble  handmaid's  fon  before,, 

thy  ranfom'd  captive  now. 

17,  18  To  thee  I'll  ofPrings  bring  of  praiie 

and  whilft  I  blefs  thy  name, 
Thejuft  performance  of  my  vows 

to  all  thy  faints  proclaim, 

1.9.  They- 


214     PSALM    cxvi,  cxvii,  ex 

v 

jo  They  in  JerufaJem  fhall  meet, 

and  in  thy  houfe  fhall  join, 
To  bleis  thy  name  with  one  confent, 

and  mix  their  fongs  with  mine. 

PSALM    CXVII. 

iXTTIth  chearful  notes  let  all  the  eartl 

YY     to  heav'n  their  voices  raife, 
Let  all,  infpir'd  with  godly  mirth, 

fing  folemn  hymns  of  praife. 
God's  tender  mercy  knows  no  bound, 

his  truth  fhall  ne'er  decay  ; 
Then  let  the  willing  nations  round, 

their  grateful  tribute  pay. 

PSALM    CXVIII. 

1  f~\ Praife  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good, 
2\__Jr   his  mercies  ne'er  decay  : 
That  his  kind  favours  ever  lair, 

let  thankful  Ifr'el  fay. 
3,  4  Their  fenfe  of  his  eternal  love, 

let  Aaron's  houfe  exprefs  ; 
And  that  it  never  fails,  let  all 

that  fear  the  Lord,  confefs. 

5  To  God  I  made  my  humble  moan, 
with  troubles  quite  oppreft  ; 

And  he  releas'd  me  from  my  ftraits, 
and  granted  my  requeft. 

6  Since  therefore  God  does  on  my  fide  • 

fo  gracioufly  appear, 
Why  fhould  the  vain  attempts  of  men 
pofTefs  my  foul  with  fear  ? 

7  Since  God  with  thofe  that  aid  my  caufe 
vouchfafes  my  part  to  take, 

To  all  my  foes,  I  need  not  doubt, 
a  juft  return  to  make.  8,  o  For  ] 


PSALM   cxviii.  215 

8,  9  For  better  'tis  to  truft  in  God, 

and  have  the  Lord  our  friend, 
Than  on  the  greateft  human  pow'r 

for  fafety  to  depend. 

10,  ir  Tho'  many  nations  clofely  Ieagu'd 

did  oft  befet  me  round  : 
Yet  by  his  boundlefs  pow'r  fuftain'd,  . 

I  did  their  ftrength  confound. 
1 2  They  fwarm'd  like  bees,and  yei  their  rage, 

was  but  a  fhort-liv'd  blaze  ; 
For  whilft  on  God  I  ftali  rely'd, 

I  vanquished  them  witheafe. 

13.  When  all  united  prefs'd  me  hard, 

in  hopes  to  make  me  fall, 
The  Lord  vouchfaf  'd  to  take  my  part, 

and  fav'd  me  from  them  all. 

14  The  honour  of  my  ftrange  efcape 
to  him  alone  belongs  ; 

He  is  my  Saviour  and  my  ftrength, 
he  only  claims  my  fongs. 

1 5  Joy  fills  the  dwelling  of  the  jure, 
whom    God  has  fav'd  from  harm  ; 

For  wond'rous  things  are  brought  to  pais 
by  his  almighcy  arm. 

16  He  by  his  own  reiiftlefs  pow'r, 
has  endlefs  honour  won  ; 

The  faving  ftrength  of  his  right  hand, 
amazing  works  has  done. 

17  God  will  not  fuiFer  me  to  fall, 
but  ftill  prolongs  my  days  ; 

That  by  declaring  all  his  works 
I  may  advance  his  praife, 

18  When 


2r6  PSALM      cxviii. 

1 8  When  God  had  forely  me  chaftiz'd,, 
till  quite  of  hopes  bereav'd, 

His  mercy  from  the  gates  of  death 
my  fainting  life  reprieved. 

19  Then  open  wide  the  temple  gates 
to  which  the  juft  repair, 

That  I  may  enter  in  and  praife 

my  great  deliv'rer  there. 
20,  21   Within  thcfe  gates  of  God's  abode 

to  which  the  righteous  prefs, 
Since  thou  haft  heard,  and  fet  me  fafe, 

thy  holy  name  I'll  blefs. 

22,  23  That  which  the  builders  once  refus'd 

is  now  the  corner  ftone. 
This  is  the  wond'rous  work  of  God, 

the  work  of  God  alone. 
24,  25  This  day  is  God's  ;  let  all  the  land\ 

exalt  their  chearful  voice  : 
Lord,  Ve  befeech  thee,  fave  us  now, 

and  make  us  itill  rejoice. 

26  Him  that  approaches  in  God's  name, 
Let  all  th'  affembly  blefs  ; 

"  We  that  belong  to  God's  own  houfe 
"  have  wifh'd  you  good  fiiccefs.v 

27  God  is  the  Lord,  through  whom  we  all 
both  light  and  comfort  find  ; 

Fa£  to  the  altar's  horns  with  cords 
the  chofen  victim  bind. 


28  Thou  art  my  Lord,  O  God,  and  ftill 

IT1  praife  thy  holy  name  ; 
Becauie  thou  only  art  my  God, 

I'll  celebrate  thy  fame. 

29  0 


PSALM     cxviil,  cxix.  21 


29  O  then  with  me  give  thanks  to   God, 

who  ftiil  does  gracious  prove  ; 
And  let  the  tribute  of  our  praife 
be  endlefs  as  his  love. 

PSALM       CXIX. 
ALEPH. 

1  "1    F  O  W  blefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 

the  pure  and  perfect  way  ! 
Who  never  from  the  (acred  paths 
of  God's  commandments  jftray  ! 

2  Thrice  blefs'd  !  who  to  his  righteous  laws 
have  ftill  obedient  been  5 

And  have  with  fervent  humble  zeal 
his  favour  fought  to  win. 

3  Such  men  their  utmoft  caution  ufe 
to  fhun  each  wicked  deed  3 

,But  in  the  path  which  he  directs 
with  conitant  care  proceed. 

4  Thou  ftrictly  haft  enjoin'd  us,  Lord, 
to  learn  thy  facred  will ; 

And  all  our  diligence  employ 
thy  ftatutes  to  fulfil. 

5  O  then  that  thy  moft  holy  will 
might  o'er  my  ways  preiide  ! 

And  I  the  courfe  of  all  my  life 
by  thy  direction  guide  ! 

6  Then  with  aflurance  ihould  I  walk, 
from  all  confufion  free  ; 

Convinc'd  with  joy,  that  ail  my  ways 
with  thy  commands  agree. 

7  My  upright  heart  fhall  my  glad  month 
with  chearful  praifes  fill  ; 

When  by  thy  righteous  judgments  taught, 
I  ihall  have  learnt  thy  will, 

T  §  So 


2i8  f  S  A  L  M     cxix. 

3  So  to  thy  facred  law  mall  I 
all  due  obfervance  pay  : 

O  then  forfake  me  not,  my  God, 
nor  cafl  me  quite  away. 
BETH. 


ferve  their  ways, 


9  How  fhall  theyoungpre 

from  all  pollution  free  ? 
By  making  frill  their  courfe  of  life 

with  thy  commands  agree. 
io  With  hearty  zeal  for  thee  I  feek, 

to  thee  for  fuccour  pray  ; 
O  fufTer  not  my  carelefs  fleps 

from  thy  right  paths  to  {tray. 

11  Safe  in  my  heart,  and  clofely  hid, 
thy  word,  my  treafure,  lies  $ 

To  fuccour  me  with  timely  aid, 
when  finfui  thoughts  arife. 

12  Secured  by  that,  my  grateful  foil! 
fhall  ever  blefs  thy  name  : 

O  teach  me  then  by  thy  juit  laws 
my  future  life  to  frame. 

13  My  lips,  unlock'd  by  pious  zeal, 
to  others  have  declar'd  *, 

How  well  the  judgments  of  thy  mouth 
deferve  our  belt  regard. 

14  Whilit  in  the  way  of  thy  commands 
more  folid  joy  I  found, 

Than  had  I  been  with  vaft  increafe 
of  envy'd  riches  crown'd. 

15  Therefore  thy  juft  and  upright  laws 
fhall  alwny's  fill  my  mind, 

And  thole  found  rules  which  thou  prefcrib'ft 
all  due  refoect  fhall  find. 

16  To 


PSALM     cxix.  219 

16  To  keep  thy  flatutes  undefac'd 
mall  be  my  conftant  joy  ; 

The  ftrict.  remembrance  of  thy  word 
fball  all  my  thoughts  employ. 
G  I  M  E  L. 

17  Be  gracious  to  thy  fervant,  Lord^. 
do  t.hou  my  life  defend, 

That  I  according  to  thy  word 
my  time  to  come  may  fpend. 

18  Enlighten  bcth  my  eyes  and  mind, 
that  fo  I  may  difcern 

The  wond'rous  things  which  they  behol&3 
who-thyjuft  precepts  learn. 

19  Tho*  like  a  ftranger  in  the  land> 
from  place  to  place  I  ftray, 

Thy  righteous  judgments  from  my  fight, 
remove  not  thou  away. 

20  My  fainting  foul  is  almoft  pin'd, 
with  earneft  longings  fpent  j 

"Whilft  always  on  the  eager  fearch 
of  thy  jufl  will  intent. 

2 1  Thy  fharp  rebuke  mail  crufh  the  protidj 
whom  ftili  thy  curfe  purfues  ; 

Since  they  to  walk  in  thy  right*ways 

prefumptuoufly  refufe. 
It  But  far  from  me  do  thou,  OLord, 

contempt  and  fhame  remove  *, 
For  I  thy  facred  laws  effect 

with  undiiTembledlove. 

23  Tho'  princes  oft,  in  counfel  met3 

again  ft  thy  fervant  fpake  ; 
Yet  I  thy  ftatutes  to  obferve, 

iT     ^enftant  bus'nefs  make, 

Tz  a4Fo* 


22Q 


PSALM     cxix. 


24  For  thy  commands  have  always  been 
my  comfort  and  delight  ; 

By  them  I  learn  with  prudent  care, 
to  guide  my  fteps  aright. 

D   A  L  E  T  H. 

25  My  foul  opprefs'd  with  deadly  care, 
clofe  to  the  dud  does  cleave  i 

Revive  me,  Lord,  and  let  me  now 
thy  promis'd  aid  receive. 

26  To  thee  I  frill  deciar  d  my  ways, 
and  thou  inciin'it  thine  ear  ; 

O  teach  me  then  my  future  life 
by  thy  juil  laws  to  fleer. 

27  If  thou  wilt  make  me  know  thy  laws, 
and  by  thy  guidance  walk, 

The  wond'rous  works  which  thou  haft  done,, 
ihall  be  my  conftant  talk. 

28  But,  fee  my  foul  within  me  finks, 
preiVd  down  with  weighty  care  j 

Do  thou  according  to  thy  word, 
my  wafted  ftrength  repair. 

29  Far,  far  from  me  be  alt  falfe  ways, 
and  lying  arts  remov'd  ! 

But  kindly  grant  I  ftill  may  keep 
the  path  by  thee  approved. 

30  Thy  faithful  ways,  thou  God  of  truths 
my  happy  choice  I've  made  ; 

Thy  judgments,  as  my  rule  of  life 
before  me  always  laid. 

3 1  My  care  has  been  to  make  my  life 
with  thy  commands  agree  ; 

O  then  preferve  thy  fervant,  Lord, 
from  fhame  and  ruin  free. 

3*S. 


PSALM    cxix,  221 

32  So  in  the  way  of  thy  commands 
ihall  I  with  pleafure  run, 

And  with  a  heart  enlarg'd  with  joy, 
fuceefsfully  go  in. 

HE 

33  Inftrucl:  me  in  thy  ftatutes,  Lord, 
thy  righteous  paths  difplay  ; 

And  I  from  them,  through  all  my  life, 
will  never  go  aftray. 

34  If  thou  true  wifdom  from  above/ 
wilt  gracioufly  impart, 

To  keep  thy  perfect  laws  I  will 
devote  my  zealous  heart. 

3  5  Direct  me  in  the  facred  ways 

to  which  thy  precepts  lead  ; 
Becaufe  my  chief  delight  has  been 

thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 
j6  Do  thou  to  thy  moll  juft  command* 

incline  my  willing  heart  : 
Let  no  deiire  of  worldly  wealth, 

from  thee  my  thoughts  divert. 

37  From  thofe  vain  objects  turn  my  eyes 

which  this  falfe  world  difplays  ; 
But  give  me  lively  pow'r  and  ftrength 

ro  keep  thy  righteous  ways. 
3  S  Confirm  the  promife  which  thou  mad'^ 

and  give  thy  fervant  aid, 
Who  to  tranfgrefs  thy  facred  laws 

is  awfully  afraid. 

39  The  foul  dhgrace  I  juftly  fear, 

in  mercy  Lord  remove  ; 
For  all  the  judgments  thou  ordain'fl 

are  full  of  grace  and  love. 

T  9  40  Thoa 


,...■■  1  r  *  1  rrn  I  I  I  I 


222  PSALM     exix. 

40  Thou  know'ft  how,  after  thy  commands 
my  longing  heart  dots  pant  ; 

O  then  make  hafte  to  raife  me  up 
and  promis'd  fuccour  grant. 
V  A  U. 

41  Thy  conftant  bltffing,  Lord,  beftow- 
.    to  cheer  my  drooping  heart  ; 
To  me,  according  to  thy  word, 

thy  faving  health  impart. 

42  So  ihali  I,  when  my  foes  upbraid, , 
this  ready  anfwer  make  ; 

ct  In  God  I  truft,  who  never  will 
"  his  faitful  promlfe  break. " 

43  Then  let  not  quite  the  word  of  truth 
be  from- my  mouth  remov'd  ; 

Since  frill  my  ground  of  ftedfalt  hope 
thy  juft  decrees  have  prov'd. 

44  So  I  to  keep  thy  righteous  laws, 
with  all  my  ftudy  bend  •, 

From  age  to  age,  my  time  to  come 
in  their  oblervanee  lpend. 

45  E'er  long  I  trull  to  \i  alk  at  large^, 
from  all  incumbrance  free  ; 

Since  I  rcfolvc  to  make  my  life 
with  thy  commands  agree. 

46  Thy  laws  mall  be  my  condant  talk  5 
and  princes  fliall  attend, 

WhiHt  t  the  juflice  of  thy  ways 
with  confidence  defend. 

47  My  longing  heart  and  ravifh'd  foul 
ih all  both  o'erflow  with  joy, 

When  in  thy  lov'd  commandments  I 
my  happy  hours  employ. 

48  Th&n 


PSALM     cxix.  -223 

48  Tli^n  will  I  to  thy  juft  decrees 
life  up  my  willing  hands  ; 

My  care  and  bus  nefs  then  fhall  be 
to  ftudy  thy  commands. 
Z  A  1  N. 

49  According  to  thy  promis'd  grace, , 
thy  favour,  Lord,  extend  j 

Make  good  to  me  the  word,  on  which  •< 

thy  fervants  hopes  depend. 
5.0  That  only  comfort  in  diftrefs 

did  all  rny.  griefs  controul  ; 
Thy  word  when  troubles  hem'd,me  round  ; 

reviv'd  my  fainting  .foul... 

51  Limiting  foes  did  proudly  mock, 
and  aH  my  hope  deride  5 

Yet,  from  thy  law,  not  all  their  feoffs 
could  make,  me  turn  aflde. 

52  Thy  judgments  then,  of  ancient  date,  \ 
I  quickly  calL?d  to  mind, 

Till  ravim'd  with  fuch  thoughts  my  foul 
did- fpeedy  comfort  find,  . 

53  Sometimes  I  ftand  amaz'd,  like  one 
with  deadly  horror  ftruck, 

To  think  how  all  my  finful  foes 
have  thy  juft  laws  forlbok. 

54  But  I  thy  ftatutes  and  decrees 
my  chearful  anthems  made  ; 

Whilftthro'  ftrange  lands  and  defarts  wild,  ■ 
I  like  a  pilgrim  ftray'd. 

55Thy  name,  that  chear'd  my  heart  by- day, 
has  fill'd  my  thoughts  by  night, 

I  then  refolv'd  by  thy  juft  laws,, 
to  guide  my  fteps  aright, 


224  P  S  A  L  M     cxix. 

56  That  peace  of  mind,  which  has  my  foul 

in  deep  diftrefs  fuftain'd, 
By  ftritit  obedience  to  thy  will 

I. happily  obtain'd. 

C  H  E  T  H. 

57-  O  Lord,  my  God,  my  portion  thou 

and  fure  poikinon  art  •, 
Thy  words  1  itedfaitly  relblve 

to  treafure  in  my  heart. 

58  With  all  the  ftrength  of  warm  deiires 
I  did  thy  grace  implore  ; 

Difclofe,  according  to  thy  word, 
thy  mercies  boundlcis  ftore. 

59  With  due  reflection  and  Uriel:  cave; 
on  all  my  ways  I  thought  ; 

And  fo,  reclaim'd  to  thy juft  paths,, 
my  wand'ring  fteps  I  brought. 

60  1  loft  no  time,  but  made  great  hafle^ 
refolv'd  without  delay, 

To  watch  that  I  might  never  more 
from  thy  commandments  ftray. 

61  Tho'  nunrrous  f repps  of  finful  men 
to  rob  me  have  combin'd  ; 

Yet  I  thy  pure  and  righteous  laws 
have  ever  kept  in  mind. 

62  In  dead  of  night  I  will  arife 
to  fing  thy  folemn  praife  ; 

Convinc'd  how  much  I  always  ougkt 
to  love  thy  righteous  ways. 

63  To  fuch  as  fear  thy  holy  name, 
myfelf  I  clofely  join  \ 

To  ail  who  their  obedient  wills 
'  to  thy  command  refign.  64  O'er  J 


P  S  A  L  M      cxix.  225 

64  O'er  all  the  earth,  thy  mercy,  Lord, 
abundantly  is  fhed-, 

O  make  me  then  exactly  learn, 
thy  facred  paths  to  tread. 

T  E  T  H. 

65  With  me  thy  fervant,  thou  haft  der.it 
moft  gracioufly,  O  Lord, 

Repeated  benefits  beftow'd, 
according  to  thy  word. 

66  Teach  me  the  facred  fkill  by   wfckl-;- 
right  judgment  is  attain'd, 

"Who  in  belief  of  thy  commands 
have  ftedfaftly  remain'd. 

67  Before  affliction  ftop'd  my  courfe, 
my  footfteps  went  aftray  *, 

But  I  have  fince  been  difciplin'd, 
thy  precepts  to  obey. 

68  Thou  art,  O  Lord,  fupremely  good, 
and  all  thou  doft  is  fo  j 

On  me,  thy  ftatutes  to  difcern, 
thy  faving  {kill  beflow. 

69  The  proud  have  forg'd  malicious  lies, 
my  fpotlefs  fame  toftain  ; 

But  my  fix'd  heart,  without  referve, 
thy  precepts  fhall  retain  ; 

70  While  pamper'd  they  with  profp'rous  ills 
in  fenfual  pleafures  live, 

My  foul  can  relifli  no  delight, 
but  what  thy  precepts  give. 

7 1  Tis  good  for  me  that  I  have  felt 
affliction's  chaft'ning  rod, 

That  I  might  duly  learn  and  keep 
the  ftatutes  of  my  God, 

72  The 


226  PSALM    cxix. 

72  The  law  that  from  thy  mouth  proceeds 
of  more  efieem  I  hold, 

Than  untouch 'd  mines,tlxan  thoufand  mines; 
of  iilver  and  of  gold. 

J  O  D. 

73  To  me  who  am  the  worfcmanfhip* 
of  thy  almighty  hands, 

'The  heav'niy  underftandings  give 
to  learn  thy juft  commands. 

74  My  prefervation  to  thy  faints 
"ftrong  comfort  will  afford, 

To  fee  fuccefs  attend  my  hopes> 
who  trufted  in  thy  word. 

75  That  right  thy  judgments  are,  I  now 
by  fure  experience  fee  ; 

Arid  that  in  fairhfulnefs,   O  Lord, 
Thou  haft  afflicted  me. 

76  O  let  thy  tender  mercy  now 
afford  me  needful  aid 

According  to  thy  promife,  Lord, 
to  me  thy  lervant  made. 

77  To  me  thy  faving  grace  reftore* 
that  I  again  may  live  j 

Whofe  foul  can  relifh  no  delight, 
but  what  thy  precepts  give. 

78  Defeat  the  proud,    who  unprovok'd, 
to  ruin  me  have  fought, 

Who  only  on  thy  facred  laws 
employ  my  harmlefs  thought. 

79  Let  thofe  that  fear  thy  name  efpoufe 
my  caufe,  and  thofe  alone 

Who  have  by  ftricTt  and  pious  fearch 
thy  facred  pi  ecepts  known.  80  la 


PSALM    cxix.  227 

So  In  thy  bleft  ftatutes  let  my  heart 

continue  always  found, 
That  guilt  and  mame,   the  ilnner's  lot, 

<may  never  me  conjound. 
C  A  P  H. 

81  My  foul  with  long  expeclance  faints 
to  ice  thy  faving  grace  : 

Yet  ftill  on  thy  unerring  word 
my  confidence  I  p-ace. 

82  JVly  very  eyes  con  fume  and  fail 
with  waiting  for  thy  word  : 

O  !   when  wilt  thou  thy  kind  relief 
and  promis'd  aid  afford. 

83  My  fkin  like  fhiver'd  parchment  fhows, 
that  long  in  fmoke  -is  let  ; 

Yet  no  affliction  me  can  force 
thy  ftauues  to  forget. 

84  How  many  days  muft  I  endure 
of  foi/ow  and  diftrtis  ? 

When  wilt  thou  judgment  execute 
on  them  who  me  opprefs. 

£5  The  proud  have  digg'd  a  pit  for  me, 

who  h  -«v '•  no  other  foes, 
But  fuch  as  a,  e  *\tr&  to  thee, 

a       ths  juft    laws  eppofe 

86  Witt  right  and   ruth's  eternal  laws 
all    hy  commands  agree  *9 

ien  pei  ie  without  caufe, 

tt  ,  helper  be. 

87  With  clofe  defigns  agamfi  *ov  life 
they  had  aim 

But  in 
my  dutj 


1 23  PSALM     cxix. 

88  Thy  wonted -kindnefs,  Lord,  reftore, 
my  drooping  heart  to  chear  ; 

That  by  thy  righteous  Matures,  I 
my  life's  whole  courfe  may  fleer. 

LAMED. 

89  For  ever,  and  for  ever,  Lord, 
Onchang'd  thou  doft  remain  ; 

Thy  word  eftabliih'd  in  the  heavVs, 
doe's  all  their  orbs  fuftain- 

90  Thro' circling  ages,  Lord,  thy  truth 
immoveable  ihali  ftand, 

As  doth  the  earth,  which  thou  uphold'ft 
by  thy  almighty  hand. 

All  things  the  courfe  by  the  ordain'd, 
^ev'n  to  this  day  fulfil ; 
T^hey  are  thy   faithful  fubjects  all, 

and  fervants  of  thy  will. 
92  Unlefsthy  facred  law  had  been 

my  comfort  and  delight, 
I  mull  have  fainted,  and  expir'd 

in  dark  affliction's  night. 

03  Thy  precepts  therefore  from  my  tho'ts 

fhali  never  Lord,  depart  ; 
For  thou  by  them  haft  to  new  life 

reftor'd  my  dying  heart. 

94  As  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 
pro  reel  me,  Lord,  from  harm  ; 

Who  have  thy  precepts  fought  to  know, 
and  carefully  perform. 

95  The  wicked  have  their  ambufh  laid 
my  guiklefs  life  to  take  ; 

But  in  the  mid  ft  of  danger  I 
t£iy  word  my  ftudy  make. 


F  S  AL'M    cxix.  %i$ 

$6  I've  feen  an  end  of  what  we  call 

perfection  here  below  : 
But  thy  commandments,  like  thyiel^ 

no  change  or  period  know. 

M  E  M. 

97  The  love  that  to  thy  laws  I  bear^ 
no  language  can  difplay  ; 

They  with  frrlh  wonders  entertain 
my  ravifh'd  thoughts  all  day. 

98  Thro'  thy  commands  I  wifer  grow 
than  all  my  fubtile  foes  ; 

For  thy  fure  word  doth  me  diredl, 
and  all  my  ways  difpofe. 

^  From  me  my  former  teachers  now 

may  abler  counfel  take  ; 
Bccaufe  thy  facred  precepts  I 

my  con  fi  ant  ftudy  make. 
100  In  underftanding   I  excel 

the  fages  of  our  days  ; 
Becaufe  by   thy   unerring  rules 

I  order   all  my  ways, 

lo  f  My  feet  with  care  I  have  refrained 

from  ev'ry  finful   way, 
That  to  thy  facred  word  I  might 

entire  obedience  pay. 
102  I  have  not  from  thy  judgments  ftray'd 

byvain  defires  milled  ; 
for  Lord,  thou  haft  iriftru&ed  me 

thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 

10}  How  fweet  are  sill  thy  words  to  me 

Owhat  divine1  repaft  ! 
Hr.w  much  more  grateful  to  my  foul, 

*haa  jfoney  to  my  tafte, 

®  -      104  laugh* 


*3°  PSALM   cxix* 

104  Taught  by  thy  facred  precepts,  I 
with  heav'nly  fkill  am  bleft, 

Thro*  which  the  t-reach'rous  ways  of  fi*^ 
I  utterly  deteft. 

NUN. 

105  Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp, 
the  way  of  truth  to   fhow  : 

A  watch-light  to  point  out  the  path, 
in  which  I  ought  to   go. 

106  I  fwear  (and  from  my  folemn  oath 
I'll  never  ftart  afide) 

That  in  thy  righteous  judgments  I 
will  ftedfaftiy  abide. 

Ip7  Since  I  with  griefs  am  fo  oppreft, 

that  I  can  b  >ir  no  more  ; 
According  to  thy  word,  do  thou 

my  rain  ung  foul  reftore. 

108  Let  ftili  my   facrifice  of  praife 
with  thee  acceptance  find  ; 

And  in  thy  righteous  judgments,  Lord, 
iniiruft  my  willing  mind. 

109  Tho'  ghaftly  dangers  me  furround, 
my  foul  they  cannot  awe, 

Nor  with  continual  terrors  keep 

from  thinking  on  thy  law. 
no  My  wicked  and  invetVate  foe9 

for  me  their  fnares  have   laid  ; 
Yet  I  have  kept  the  upright  path, 

nor  from  thy  precepts  ftray'd. 

in  Thy  teftimonies  I  have  made 

my  heritage  and  choice  ; 
For  they  when  other  comforts  fail, 

my  diooping  heart  rejoice. 

112  My 


PS  A  L  M   cxix.  231 

312  My  heart  with  early  zeal  began j 

thy  ftatutes  to  obey  ; 
And  'till  my  courfe  of  life  is  done 

fhali  keep  thy  upright  way. 

SAMEC  H.* 

113  Deceitful  thoughts-  and  practices 

I  utterly  deteft  *, 
But  to  thy  law  affection  bear 

too  great  to  be  exprefs'd « 
.114  My  hiding  place,  my  refuge-tow V7 

and  fhield  art  thou  O  Lord  •, 
I  Srmly  anchor  all  my  hopes 

on  thy  unerring  word, 

115  Hence  ye  that  trade  in  wickednefs, 
approach  not  my  abode  , 

For  firmly  I  refolve  to  keep 
the  precepts  of  my  God. 

1 16  According  to  thy  gracious  wordj 
I  from  danger  fet  me  free  -, 

Nor  make  me  of  thofe  hopes  afham'ds 
that  I  repofe  on  thee. 

1 17  Uphold"  me,  fo  mall  I  be  fafe, 
and  refcu'd  from  diftrefs  \ 

To  thy  decrees  continually 

my  juft  refpect  addrefs. 
\  i !  8  The  wicked  thou  haft  trod"  to  earthy 

who  from  thy  ftatutes  ftrayM  -9 
Their  vile  deceit  th«  juft  reward 

of  their  own  falihood  made. 

1  jo  The  wicked  from  thy  holy  land 

thou  doft  like  drofs  remove  ; 
I  therefore,  with  fuch  juftke  charm*d* 

thy  teftimon-ies  love. 

U  a  no  Yet 


23  2  F  S   A    I*  M    cxix, 

1 20  Yet  with  that  love  they  make  me  dread 

left  I  mould  fo  offend, 
When  on  tranfgreiTors  I  behold 

thy  judgments  thus  defcend. 

A  I  N. 

I2i  Judgment  and  juftice  I  have  loVd  % 

O  therefore,  Lord,  engage 
In  my  defence,  nor  give  me  up 

to  my  opprelTors  rage. 

122  Do  thou  be  furety,  Lord,  for  me, 
and  fo  (hall  this  diftrefs 

Prove  good  for  me  ;  nor  mail  the  proud 
my  guiltlefs  foul  opprefs. 

123  My  eyes,  alas  !  begin  to  fail, 
in  long  expectance  held  ; 

'Till  thy  falvation  they  behold, 

and  righteous  word  fulfili'd. 
r24  To  me,  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs, 

thy  wonted  grace  difplay, 
And  difcipline  my  willing  heart, 

thy  ftatutes  to  obey. 

125  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear, 
thy  facred  fkill  beftow, 

That  of  thy  teftimonies   I 
the  full  extent  may  know. 

126  Tis  time,  high  time  for  thee,  O  Lord, 
thy  vengeance  to  employ, 

When  men  with   open  violence 
thy   facred  law  deftroy. 

1 27  Yet  their  contempt  of  thy  commands, 
but  makes  their   value  rife 

In  my  efteem,  who  pureft  gold 
compar'd  with  them  deijpife. 

128  Thy 


PSALM     cxht.  133 

228  ^Thj  precepts  therefore  I  account,. 

in  all  refpe&s  divine  : 
They  teach  me  to  difcern  fhe  right, 

and  all  falfe  ways  decline* 

P   E 

129  The  wonders  which  thy  laws  contai% 

no  words  can  reprefent  ; 
Therefore  to  learn  and  pra&ife  them, 

my  zealous  heart  is  bent. 
$30  The  very  entrance  to  thy  word 

coeleftial  light  difplays, 
And  knowledge  of  true  happinefs 

to  limpleft  minds  conveys. 

13 1  With  eager  hopes  I  waiting- flood^. 
and  fainted  with  defirej 

That  of  thy  wife  commands  I  might 
the  facred  fkill  acquire. 

132  With  favour,  Lord,  look  down  on  mu 
who  thy  relief  implore  ; 

As  thou  art  wont  to  vifit  thofe 
that  thy  bleft  name  adore. 

133  Directed  by  thy  heav'nly  word^ 
let  all  my  footfteps  be  ; 

Kor  wickednefs  of  any  kind, 
dominion  have  o*er  me. 

134  Releafe,  entirely  fet  me  free 
from  persecuting  hands, 

jpiat,  unmolefted,  I  may  learn 
and  pradtife  thy  commands. 

£35  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear,, 

Lord,  make  thy  face  to  mine  : 
Thy  ftatutes-  both  to  know  and  keep*, 

my  heart  with  zeal  incline, 

U  3-  1-36  My- 


234  PSALM    cxix. 

136  My  eyes  to  weeping  fountains  tur», 
whence  briny  rivers  flow, 

To  fee  mankind  againft  thy  laws 
in  bold   defiance  go. 

T  S  A  D  D  I. 

137  Thouart  the  righteous  Judge,  in  whom 
wrong'd  innocence  may  truft  •, 

And,  like  thyfelf,  thy  judgments,  Lord, 

in  all  refpecls  are  juft:. 
138.  Moft  juft  and  true  thofe  ftatutes  were, 

which  thou  didft  firft  decree  ; 
And  all  with  faithfulnefs  perfoim'd, 

iucceeding  times  fhall  iee. 

139  With  zeal  my  fleih  confumes  away, 
my.  foul   with  anguifh   frets, 

To  fee  my  foes  contemn  at  once 
thy  promifes  and  threats. 

140  Yet  each  neglected  word   of  thine 
(howe'er  by  them  defpis'd) 

Is  pure,  and    for   eternal  truth 
by  me  thy  fervant,   priz'd. 

141  Brought,  for  thy  fake,  to  low  eftate^ 
contempt  from  all   I  find  ; 

Yet  no  affronts  or  wrongs  can  drive 
thy  precepts  from  my  mind 

142  Thy.ri'ghteouinds  flj.aH  then  endure*^ 
when  time  itfelt   is   paft  5 

Thy  law  is  truth  itfelt,  that   truth 
which  ihall  for  ever  lail. 

143  Tho1  trouble,  anguifh,  doubts  and drea« 
to   compafs  me   unite, 

Befet  with  danger,    {till  I  make 
thy  precepts  my  delight. 

144  Eternij 


PSALM    cxix.  23J 

144  Eternal  and  unerring  rules 
thy  teftimonies  give  : 

Teach  me  the  wiidom  that  will  make 
jny  foul   for  ever  live. 

KOPfi. 

145  With  my  whole  heart  to  God  X  call'd 
Lord,  hear  ray  earneft  cry  ; 

And  I  thy  ftatutes  to  perform, 
will  all  my  care   apply, 

146  Again  more  fervently  I  pray'd, 
O  fave  me  that  I  may 

Thy  teftimonies   throughly  know, 
and  ftedfaftly  obey. 

147  My  earlier  pray'r  the  dawning  daf 
prevented,  while  Icry'd 

To  him  on  whoie  engaging  word 
my  hope   alone  rely'd. 

1 48  With  zeal  have  I  awakM  before 
the  midnight  watch  was  fet, 

That  I  of  thy  myfterious   word 
might  perfect  knowledge  get. 

149  Lord  hear  my  fupplicating  voice<, , 
and  wonted   favour  fliew  ; 

O  quicken  me.  and  fo  approve 
thy  judgments  ever  true-.. 

150  My  perfecuting  foes  advance, 
and  hourly   nearer  draw  ; 

What  treatment  can,  1    hope  from  them 
who  violate  thy  law  ?- 

151  Tho'  they  draw  nigh,  my  comfort  is 
thou,  Lord,  art  yet   more  near  ; 

Thou,  whofe  commands  are  righteous  all, 
tjhy  promifes  Ulcere.  > 

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9gfr,  PSALM      cx\x, 

252  Concerning  thy  divine  decrees, 

my  foul  has  known  of  old 
That  they- were  true,  and  ihall  their  truth- 

to  cndiefs  ages  hold. 

R.E.SC  H 

153  Consider  my  affliction,  Lord, 
and  me  from  bondage  draw; 

Think  on'thy  (ervagt  in  diftrefs, 
who  ne'er  forgets  thy  law. 

154  Plead  thou  my  caufe  ;  to  that  and  me 
thy  timely  aid  afford  i 

With  beams  of  mercy  quicken  me. 
accordbg  to  thy  word* 


155  From  harden'd  flnners  thou  removal 

fa  1  v at i  o  n .  far  away  : 
?Tis  juft  thou  mould 'ft  withdraw  from  them* 

who  ft om  thy  ftatutes  ftray. 
$•'56  Since  great  thy  tender  mercLs  are 

to  all  who  thee  adore  •, 
According  to  thy  judgments,  Lord3 

my  fainting  hopes  reftore. 

157  A  num'roushoft  of  fpiteful  foes 

again  ft  my  life  combine  y 
But  all  too  few  to  force  my  foul 

thy  ftatutes  to  decline. 
153  fhofe  bold  tranfgrelTors  I  beheld, 

and  was  with  grief  opprefs'd, 
To  fee  with  what  audacious  pride 

thy  cov'hant  they  tranfgreiVd. 

159,  Yet  while  they  flight,  confider,  Lord, 

how  I  thy  precepts  love  ; 
O  therefore  quicken  me  with  beams 

of  mercy  from  above. 

160  As< 


PS    AI    M   cx&,  23^ 

260  As  from  the  birth  of  time  thy  truth  - 

has  held  through  ages  paft, 
So  mail  thy  righteous  judgments,  firm, . 

to  endiefs  ages  laft. 

schi  n; 

361  Tho*  mighty  tyrants,  without  caufe^ 

confpice  my  blood  to  fhed, 
Thy  facred  word  has  pow'r  alone 

to  fill  my  heart  with  dread. 

162  And  yet  that  word  my  joyful  breaft 
with  heav'nly  rapture  warms, 

Nor  conqueit,  nor  the  fpoilsofwar, 
have  fuch  tranfporting  charms. 

163  Perfidious  practices  and  lies 
I  utterly  deteft  $ 

But  to  thy  laws  affection:  bear*, 
too  vaft  to  be  expreft. 

164  Sev'n  times  a  day  with  grateful  voicer 
thy  prarfes  I  refound, 

Becaufe  I  find  thy  judgments  all 
with  truth  and  juftice  crown'd. 

165  Secure,  fubfrantial  peace  have  they 
who  truly  love  thy  law  j 

No  fmiling  mifchief  them  can  tempt^ 
nor  frowning  danger  awe. 

166  For  thy  fal'vation  I  have  hop'd, 
and  tho*  fo  long  del  ay 'd, 

With  chearful  zeal  and  ftricteft  care 
all  thy  commands  obey'd. 

16*7  Thy  teftimonies  I  have  kept, 

and  conftantly  obey'd  ; 
Becaufe  the  love  I  bore  to  them, 

thr  fervice  eafy  made. 

168  Froa 


238  PSALM     cxix. 

168  From  ftrict  obfervance  of  thy  laws 
I  never  yet  withdrew ; 

Convinced  that  my  moft  fecret  ways 
are  open  to  thy  view. 
T  A  U. 

169  To  my  requeft  and  earned  cry 
attend,  O  gracious  Lord  ; 

Infpire  my  heart  with  heav'nly  fkill, 
according  to  thy  word. 

170  Let  my  repeated  prayY  at  laft 
before  thy  throne  appear  \ 

According  to  thy  plighted  word, 
for  my  relief  draw  near. 

171  Then  {hall  my  grateful  lips  return 
the  tribute  of  their  praife, 

When  thou  thy  counfels  haft  reveaPd, 
and  taught  me  thy  juft  ways. 

172  My  tongue  the  praifes  of  thy  word 
(hall  thankfully  refound, 

Becaufe  thy  promifes  are  all 
with  truth  and  juftice  crown'd. 

173  Let  thy  almighty  arm  appear, 
and  bring  me  timely  aid  ; 

For  I  the  laws  thou  haft  ordain'd, 
my  heart's  free  choice  have  made.. 

174  My  foul  has  waited  long  to  fee 
thy  faving  grace  reftor'd  ; 

Nor  comfort  knew,  but  what  thy  laws^. 
thy  heavenly  laws  afford. 

175  Prolong  my  life,  that  I  may  {ing 
my  great  reftorer's  praife, 

Whofe  juftice  from  the  depth  of  woes, 
s>y  fainting  foul  fliall  raife. 

176  Like- 


P  3  A  L  M    cxix,  cxx,  cxxi.      239 

X 76  Like  feme  left  fheep  I've  ftray'd,  'till  I 

difpair  my  way  to  find  : 
Thou  therefore,  Lord.,  thy  fervant   feek, 

who  keeps  thy  laws  in  mind. 

PSALM     CXX. 

1  TN  deep  diftrefs  I  oft  have  cry'd, 

To  God,  who  never  yet  deny'd 
To  refcue  me  opprefs'd  with  wrongs  : 

2  Oace  more,  O  Lord3  delivYance  iend, 
From  lying  Kps  my  foul  defend, 

And  from  the  rage  of  fland'ring tongues 

3  What  little  piofit  can  accrue, 
And  yet  what  h^avy  wrath  is  due. 

O  thou  perfideous  tongue  to  thee  ? 
4.  Thy  fling  upon  thyself  fhall  turn  ; 
Of  lifting  flames  that  fiercely  bum, 

The  con  ft  ant  fuel  thou  fhak  be. 

$  But  O  !  how  wretched  is  my  doom, 
Who  am  a  fojourner  become 

In  barren  Mefech's  defart  foil ; 
Witn  Kedar's  wicked^tents  inclos'd, 
To  lawlefs  lavages  expos'd, 

Who  live  on  nought  but  theft  and  fpoi! ; 

6  My  haplefs  dwelling  is  with  thofe 
Who  peace  and  amity  oppofe, 

And  pleafure  take  in  others  harms ; 

7  Swet  peace  is  all  I  court  and  feek; 
But  when  to  them  of  peace  I  fpeak, 

They  ftrait  cry  out,  to  arms,  to  arsis, 

PSALM     CXXI. 

1  rT'0  Sion's  hill  I  lift  my  eyes, 
JL     from  thence  expecting  aid  ; 
Z  From  Sion's  hill,  and* Sion's  God, 
Who  heav'n  and  caxdx  has  made. 

3  The© 


340  PSALM     cxxi,  cxxii, 

3  Then,  thou,  my  foul,  in  fafety  reft, 
thy  guardian  wiH  not  deep  ; 

4  His  watchful  care  that  Ifr'el  guards, 
will  Ifr'ei's  monarch  keep. 

5  Shelter'd  beneath  th'  almighty's  wings, 
,  thou  malt  fecurely  reft, 

6  Where  neither  fun  nor  moon  ihall  thee 
by  day  or  night  moleft. 

7  From  common  accidents  of  life 

his  care  fliall  guaid  thee  {till  ; 
From  the  blind  ftrokes  of  chance  and  foes 
that  lie  in  wait  to  kill. 

8  At  home,  abroad,  in  peace,  in  war. 
thy  God  mall  thee  defend; 

Conduct  thee  thro'  life's  pilgrimage, 
iafe  to  thy  journey's  end. 

PS  A  L  M     CXXII. 

M  ^\  T  was  a  joyful  found  to  hear 
V_^7     our  tribes  devoutly  fiy 
Up  Ifr'el  to  the  temple  hafte, 
a^d  keep  your  feftal  day. 

2  Vt  Salem's  courts  we  muft  appear, 
wirh  our  aflTembled  pow'rs  ; 

3  In  ftrong  and  beauti  ms  order  rang'd, 
like  her  united  towVs  i 

4  'Tis  thither  by  divine  command, 

the  tribes  of  God  repair, 
Before  his  ark  to  celebrate 

his  name  with  praife  and  pray'r. 

5  Tribunals  ftand  erected  there, 
where  equity  takes  place  : 

There  ftand  the  courts  and  palaces 
-of  royal  Xtavitfs  race< 

6  0 


f  S  A  L  M     cxxii,  exxiii,  cxxiv.  £41 

6  O  pray  we  then  for  Salem's  peace, 
for  they  fliall  profp'rous  be, 

(Thou  holy  city  of  our  God  L) 
who  bear  true  love  to  thee, 

7  May  peace  within  thy  facred  walls 
a  conftant  gueft  be  found, 

With  plenty  and  profperity 
thy  palaces  be  crown'd. 

8  For  tny  dear  brethrens  fake,  and  frie'sd* 
no  lefs  than  brethren  dear, 

I'll  pray— may  peace  in  Salem's  tow'rs 
a  conftant  gueft  appear. 

9  But  moft  of  all,  I'll  feek  thy  good;,  # 
and  ever  wifti  thee  well, 

For  Sion  and  the  temple's  fake, 
where  God  vouehfafes  to  dwell, 

PSALM    CXXIIL 

*  /^\N  thee,  who  dwell'ft  above  the  &ie&f 
2  V^/  F°r  mercy  wait  my  longing  eyes  % 
As  fervants  watch  their  mafters  hands, 
And  maids  their  miftrefies  commands, 
3,40  then  have  mercy  on  us,  Lord, 
Thy  gracious  aid  to  us  afford  : 
To  us,  whom  cruel  foes  opprefs, 
Grown  rich  and  proud  by  our  diftrefsV 

PSALM     CXXIV. 

1  T   1°  AD  not  the  Lord  (may  Ifr'el  fay) 
X  X   Deen  p^as'd  to  interpofe ; 

2  Had  he  not  then  efpous'd  our  caufe* 
when  men  againft  us  rofe  ; 

3,  4,  5  Their  wrath  had  fwallow'd  us  alive 

and  rag'd  without  controul ; 
Their  fpite  and  pride's  united  floods 

had  cjuite  o'erwhelm'd  our  foul, 

W  6  Bui 


242      PSALM    cxxiv,  cxxv, 

6  But  prais'd  be  our  eternal  Lord, 
who  refcu'd  us  that  day, 

Nor  to  their  favage  jaws  gave  up 
our  threat'ned  lives  a  prey*."' 

7  Our  foul    is  like  a  bird  efcap'd 
from  out  the  fowler's  net  ; 

The  fnare  is  broke,  their  hopes  are  crofs*4S 
and  we  at  freedom  fct, 

8  Secure  in  his  almighty  name, 
our  confidence  lemains, 

Who  as  he  made  both  heav'n  and  earth, 
of  both  fole  monarch  reigns. 

PSALM    CXXV. 

iTXTHO place  on  Sion'sGod  their  truft 
W     like  lion's  rock  fhall  {land  -, 

Like,  her  immoveably  be  fjx'd 
by  his  almighty  hand. 

2  Look'how  the  hills  on  ev'ry  fide 
Jerufalem  inclofe, 

So  ftands  the  Lord  around  his  faints 
to  guard  them  from  their  foes. 

3  The  wicked  may  afflict  the  juft, 
but  ne'er  too  long  oppreis, 

Nor  force  him  by  diipair  to  feek 
bafe  means  for  his  redrefs. 

4  Be  good,  O  righteous  God,  to  thofe, 
who  righteous  deeds  affect : 

The  heart  that  innocence  retains, 
let  innocence  protect. 

g   All  thole  who  walk  in  crooked  paths, 

the  Lord  fiiall  foon  deftroy  -, 
Cut  off  th'  unjuft,  but  crown  the  faints 

with  lading  peace  and  joy. 

PSALM 


PS  A  LM    cxxvi,  cxxvil.    243 

PSALM    CXXVI. 

WHEN  Sions  God  her  fons  recall'd 
from  long  captivity, 
It  feemM  at  firft  a  pleafing  dream 
of  what  we  wifh'd  to  fee ; 

2  But  foon  in  unaccuftom'd  mirth, 
we  did  our  voice  employ, 

And  fung  our  great  Creator's  praife' 
in  thankful  hymns  of  joy. 

Our  heathen  foes  repining  floodj 

yet  were  compell'd  to  own, 
That  great  and  wond'rous  was  the  work 

our  God  for  us  had  done.  [great, 

3  Twas  great,   fay  they,  'twas  wond'rous 
much  more  mould  we  confefs  5 

The  Lord  has  done  great  things,  whereof 
we  reap  the  glad  fuccefs. 

4  To  us  bring  back  the  remnant,  Lord, 
of  Ifr'ei's  captive  bands, 

More  welcome  than  refrefhing  fhow'rs 
to  parch'd  and  thirfty  lands. 

5  That  we,  whofe  work  commenc'd  in  tears^ 
may  fee  our  labours  thrive, 

?TiIl  firtlmM  with  fuccefs,  to  make 
our  drooping  hearts  revive. 

6  Though  he  defpond  that  fows  his  grainr 
yet  doubtlefs  he  mall  come 

To  bind  his  full  ear'd  fheaves,  and  bring 
the  joyful  harvefl  home. 

PSALM    CXXVIL 
1^*51  TE  build  with  fruitlefs  coft,  unlefe 

\  V     tne  Lord  the  pile  fuftain  5 
TJnlefs  the  Lord  the  city  keep, 
the  watchmen  wakes  in  vain  : 

W    *  2fo- 


*44        PSALM    cxxvii,  cxxv::L 

1  In  vain  we  rife  before  the  day, 
and  late  to  refl  repair  : 

Allow  no  refpite  to  our  toil, 
and  eat  the  bread  of  care. 

Supplies  of  life,  with  eafe  to  them, 

he  on  his  faints  bellows  ; 
He  crowns  their  labour  with  iuccefs, 

their  nights  with  found,  repoie. 

3  Children,  thofe  comforts  of  our  life^. 
are  prefents  from  the  Lord  ; 

He  gives  a  num'rous  race  of  heirs, 
as  piety's  reward. 

4  A.s  arrows  in  a  giant's  band 
when  marching  fbrdi  to  war, 

Ev'n  fo  the  fons  of  fprightly  youth, 
their  parent's  fafeguard  are. 

5  Happy  the  man,  whole  quiver's  fill'd 
with  thefe  prevailing  arms  •, 

He  needs  not  fear  to  meet  his  foe, 
at  law,  or  war's  alarms. 

PSALM    CXXVIII. 

I^T^HE  man  is  bleft  who  fears  the  Lordj 

I      nor  only  worfhip  pays, 
But  keeps  his  fteps  confin'd  with  care 
to  his  appointed  ways. 

2  He  fhall  upon  the  iweet  returns 
of  his  own  labour  feed  ^ 

Without  dependence,  live,   and  fee 
his  wifhes  all  fucceed. 

3  His  wife,  like  a  fair  fertile  vine, 
ber  lovely  fruit  (hall  bring  ; 

His  children,  like  young  olive  plants, 
about  his  table  fpring. 

4.5WI 


P  S  A  t  %  cxxviil,   cxxix*        245 

4,  5  Who  fears  the  Lord,  fhall  profper 
him  Sion's  God  mall  blefs  \  (thus  % 

And  grant  him  all  his  days  to  fee 
Jerufalem's  fuccefs.- 

6  He  fliall  live  on, 'till  heirs  from  him> 

defcend  with  vail  increaTe  : 
Much  blefs'd  in  his  own  profp'rous  Sate,* 

and  more  in  Iir 'el's  peace. 

psa^l  m  cxxix; 

iTT*  ROM  my  youth  up,  may  I fr 'el  ffj^, 

r      they  oft  have  me  aifaii'd, 
%  Reduc'd  me  oft  to  heavy  ftraits* 

but  never  quite  prevailed, 

3  They  oft  have  plow'd  my  patient  back 
with  furrows  deep  and  long  : 

4  But  our  juil  God  has  broke  their  chain$5 
and  refcu'4  us  from  wrong, 

5  Defeat,  confufion,  ffiameful  rour 
be  ftill  the  doom  of  thofe, 

Their  righteous  doom  who  Sion  hate^ 
and  Sion's  God  oppofe. 

6  Like  corn  upon  our  houfes  tops,, 
untimely  let  tMem  fade, 

W&ch  too  riluch  freat,  and  want  of  rooty 
has  blafted  in  the  blade ! 

^  Which'  in  his  arms  np  reaper  take  % 

but  unregarded  leaves  5 
Nor  binder  thinks  it  worth  his  gain»> 

-to  fold  it  into  fheaves. 
$  No  traveller  that  pafles  by, 

vouchfafes  a  minute's  flop, 
To  give  it -one  kind  look*  or  crave 

&eav?ns  blefHng  on  the  crop, 

.W3  PSALM 


*4£         PSALM    cxaxj,  csxxi* 

PSALM    GXXX. 
iTJ^R O M  IowefV  depths  of  woe,. 

I        to  God  I  fend  my  cry  -, 
%  Lord  hear  my  fupplicating  voice> 

and  graeioufty  reply. 

3  Shcu'd'ft-thou  feverely  judgs, 
who  can  the  trial  bear  ? 

4  But. thou  forgiv'ir,  left  we  defpond^. 
and  quite  renounce  thy  fear. 

'  <:  My  fotrl  with  patience  waits 

for  thee,  the  living  Lord  ; 
^ly  hopes  are  on  thy  promife  built*. 

thy  never- failing  word, 
<)  My  longing  eyes. look  out. 

for  the-enliv'ning  ray, . 
Moie  duly  than  the  morning  watch 

to  fpy  the  dawning  day. 

;*?  Let  Ifr'dl  truft  in  God  •»: 

no  bounds  his  mercy  knows  ; 
The  plenteous  iource  and  Spring from*  whence 

eternal  fuccour  flows, 
♦8  W-hofe  friendly  ftreams  to  us 

fupplies  in  want  convey  % 
;,A  healing  fpring,  a  (bring  to  cleanfe, 
and  wafh  our.  guilt  away. 

P  8   A  L  M     CXXXI. 
'i/^\  Lord,  I  am  not  proud  of  hearty. 

\Jf.    nor  caft  a.fcornful  eye  ; 
Koi-'iny  afpiring  thoughts  employ 

in  things  for  me  too  high. 
■2  With  infant  innocence,  thou  know'ft; 

I  have  myfelf  demean'd  ; 
Composed  to  quiet,  like  a  babe 
that  from  die  hreaft  is  wean-d< 

y  Like 


f  S  A  L  M:    exxxl,  cxxxii.       x  243- 

3  Like  me  let  Ifr'el  hope  in  God?; 

his  aid  alone  implore  \ 
Both  now  and  ever  truft  in  him,. 

Who  lives  foe  evermore. 

PS  UM      CXXXII. 
r.TT     E  F  David,  Lord,  a  conftant  plasee 

&  j    in  thy  remembrance  find  y, 
ILet  all  the  forrows  he  endur'd, 

be  ever  in  thy  mind. 
3  Remember  what  a  folemn  oath; 

to  thee,  his  Lord,  he  fwore  ; 
flow  to  the  mighty  God  he  vow'd^ 

whom  Jacob's  Ions  adore  y. 

3,  4>  I  will  not  go  into  my  houfe>, 

nor  to  my  bed  afcend  ; 
No  foft  repofe  fhall  clofe  my  eyes,- 

norileepmy  eye-lids  bend  ; 
I  'Till  for  the  Lord's  deiign'd  abode 

I  mark'd  the  deftin'd  ground  y 
'Till  la  decent  place  of  reft 

for  Jacobs  God  -have  found, 

#  TV  appointed  place  with-  fhouts  of  )0y9 

at  Euphrata  we  found, 
And  made  the  woods  and  neighboring  fields 

our  glad  applaufe  refound. 
7.O  with  due  rev'rence  let  us- then 

to  his  abode  repair  y 
And,  pr-oftrate  at  his  footftool  fah?n> 

pour  out  our  humble  pray'r. 

8   Arife,  O  Lord,  and  now  poffefs 

thy  conilant  place  of  reft  ;  : 
Be  that,  not  only  with  thy  ark, 

fyit  with  thy  preferxe  bleit. 

o,  ic.CIoatfr- 


248      P    3    A    L    M"   cxxxii*  cxxxiii. 

o,  ioCloath  thou  thy  priefts  wkKnghteOuf- 
make  thou  thy,  faints  rejoice  y  t^fs,' 

And  for  thy  fervant  David's  fake, 
hear  thy.a&olfiicd^  voice. 

1 1  God  fware  to  David  in  his  truth^ 
(nor  fiiall  his  oath  be  vain) 

One.  of  thy  offspring  after  thee 
upon  thy  throne  (haU  reign  : 

12  And  if  thy. feed  my  cov'nant  kee^r 
and  to  my  laws  fubmit : 

Their  children  too  upon  thy. throne 
for  evei  more  fhali-  iit. 

13,  14  For  Sion  does  in  God's  eikenv 

all  other  feats  excel  ; 
His  place  of  everlafting  reft, , 

where  he  defires  to  dwell. 
15,  16  Her  do  Q   fiys  he,  I  will  increase, 

her  poor  with  plenty  blefs  ; 
Her- faints  ihall  ftiout  for  joy,  her  priefts 

my  faving  healfh  confefs* 

17  There  David's  pow'r  fhall  lorg  rcmaii* 
in  his  fucceffive  line, 

And  my  anointed  fersant  tfcere 
fhall  with  frefh  luftre  fhine. 

18  The  faces  of  his  vanquifh'd  foes 
confufion  fhall  o'erfpread  \ 

Whilft  with  contirm'd  fuccefs>  his  crowft 
fhall  ilouriih  on  his  head. 

PS  AfL.M    CXXXIII. 
iT  TOW  vanYmuft  their  advantage  bef 
JL  Jl     ^ow  grc>at  tMr  pleafure  prove  J 
Who  live  like  brethren,  and  eonfent 
in  offices  of  loVe  \  • 

2  True; 


F  S  AIM    exxxiv,    cxxxr.     049* 

2  True  love  is  like  the  precious  oil 
which  pour'd  on  Aaron's  head, 

Kan  down  his  beard,  and  o'er  his  robe©^ 
its  coftly  moifture  fhed. 

3  'Tis  like  refreshing  dew,  which  does 
on  Hermon's  top  diftil  5 

Or  like  the  early  drops  that  fall 
on  Sion's  fruitful  hill. 

4  For  God  to  all,  whofe  friendly  hearts, 
with  mutual  love  abound, 

Has  firmly  promis'd  length  of  days 
with  conftant  bieffings  crown'd. 

PSALM    CXXXIV. 
iT>  LESS-  God,  ye  fervants  that  attend 

1J  upon  hk  folemn  ftate,. 
That  in  his  temple,  night  by  night, 

with  humble  rev'rence  wait : 
2,  3  Within  his  houfe  lift  up  your  hand**, 

and  blefs  his  holy  name  ; 
1  From  Sion  blefs  thy  Iir'el,  Lord, 
who  heav'n  and  earth  did'ft  frame, 

PSA  L  M     CXXXV. 
I  3  f~*\  Praife.  the  Lord  with  one  confenV 

.  K^Jf  and  magaify  his  name ; 
j  Let  all  the  fervants  of  the  Lord 

his  worthy  praife  proclaim, 
i  1  Praife  him  aril  ye  that  in  his  houfe 

attend  with  conftant  care  ; 
With  thofe  that  to  his  utmoft  courts 
with  humble  zeal  repair. 

3  For  tkis  our  trueft  int'reft  is, 
glad  hymns  of  praife  to  iing  •, 
j  And  with  loud  fongs  to  biefs'his  name, 
a  moil  delightful  thing, 

4  Po* 


£5*  f  S  A  L  M    cxxw 

4  For  God  his  own  peculiar  choice 
the  fons  of  Jacob  mikes  5 

And  IiVel's  offspring  for  his  own 
moft  valu'd  treafurc  takes* 

5  That  God  is  great,  we  often  have 
by  glad  experience  found  ; 

AnJ  ieen  how  he  with  wond'rous  powv 
above  all  gods  is  ccown'd. 

6  For  he  with  unremitted  ftrength 
performs  his  fovVeign  will; 

In  heav'n  and  earth,  and  watery  {tores 
that  earth's  deep  caverns  fill. 

*]  He  raifes  vapours  from  the  ground, 

which  pois'd  in  liquid  air, 
Fall  down  at  laft  in  -fhow'rs  through  whichu 

his  dreadful  lightnings  glare  : 

8  He  from  his  ftore-houfe  brings  the  windsj- 
and  he  with  vengeful  hand, 

The  firft-born  flew  of  man  and  beaft, 
through  Egypt V mourning  land. 

9  He  dreadful  figns  and  wonders  {hewM 
through  ftubborn  Egypt's  coafts, 

Nor  Pharaoh  could  his  plagues  efcape, 

nor  all  his  num'rous  hofts. 
10,  1  r  'Twas  he  that  various  nations  fmote,- 

and  mighty  kings  fupprefs'd ; 
Sihon  and  Og,  and  all  befides*. 

who  Canaan's  land  poflfefs'd. 

12,  13  Their  land  upon  his  chofen  race 

he  firmly  did  entail ; 
For  which  his  fame  mall  always  laft, , 

ins  praife  fhall  never  fail. 

14  Fori 


?S  ALM    ex xxv.  cxxxvl.    .251 

•14  For  God  fhall  foon  his  people's  eaufe 

with  pitying  eyes  mrvey  •, 
Hepent  him  of  his  wrath  and  turn 

his  kindled  rage  away. 

1$  Thofe  idols,  whofe  falfe  worship  fprea# 

o'er  all  the  heathen  lands, 
Are  -made  of  iliver  and  of  geld, 

the  work  of  human  hand:,-. 
16, 17  They  move  not  their  fictitious  tongues 

nor  fee  with  poliih'd  eyes ; 
Their  counterfeited  ears  aie  deaf, 

no  breath  their  mouth  fupplies. 

18  As  fenfeJefs  as  themfelves  are  they^ 
that  all  their  ikill  apply 

To  make  them,  or  in  dang'rous  times 
on  them  for  aid  rely. 

19  Their  juft  returns. of  thanks  to  God> 
let  grateful  Ifr'el  pay  : 

Nor  let  the  prie.fts  of  Aaron's  race 
to  bleis  the  Lord  delay. 

20  Their  f^nih  of  his  unbounded  love 
let  Levi's  houfe  exprefs  ; 

And  let  all  thoie  that  fear  the  Lord, 
his  name  for  ever  biefs. 

2 1  Let  aii  with  thanks  his  wond'rous  works 
in  Sion's  courts  proclaim  ; 

Let  them  in  Salem,  where  he  dwells 
exalt  his  holy  name. 

PSALM    CXXXVL 

1   *  I  ^O  God  the  mighty  Lord, 

Jt.      Your  joyful  thanks  repeat ; 
To  him  due  pi  aife  afford, 
as  good  as  he  is  great. 


aj*        P   S  A    L   M    cx&m« 

For  God  does  prove 
Our  conftant  friend, 
His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  end. 

t.%  3,  To  him,  whofe  wondVousflpowV 

all  other  gods  obey, 
Whom  earthly  kings  adore, 

this  grateful  homage  pay : 
For  God,  &c. 

4,  5  By  his  almighty  hand 

amazing  works  are  wrought  % 
The  heav'ns  by  his  command 

were  to  perfection  brought. 
For  God,  &c. 

€  He  fpread  the  ocean  round 

about  the  fpacious  land  ; 
And  made  the  rifing  ground 

above  the  waters  ftand. 
For  God,  &c. 

7,  8,  9   Through  heav'n  he  did  difplaf 

his  num'rous  hofts  of  light; 
The  lun  to  rule  by  day, 

the  moon  and  ftars  by  night. 
For  God,  &c, 

io,  ii,  12  He  ftruck  the  firft-bom  dead 

of  Egypt's  ftubborn  land  \ 
And  thence  his  people  led 

with  his  refiftleis  hand. 
For  God,  &c. 

13,  14  By  him  the  raging  fea, 

as  if  in  pieces  rent, 
Bifclos'd  a  middle  way, 

through  which  his  people  Went , 
For  God,  &c. 

15  Where 


PSALM     cxxxvi.  253 

35  Where  foon  he  overthrew 

-proud  Pharaoh  and  his  hoft, 
Who  daring  to  purfue, 

were  in  the  billows  loft* 
For  God,  &c. 

i6\  17,  18  Through  defarts  vaft  and  wild, 

he  led  the  chofen  feed  ; 
And  famous  princes  foil'd, 

and  made  great  monarchs  bleed, 
for  God,  &c. 

fO,  20  Sihon,  whofe  potent  nand 
great  Ammon's  fceptr,e  fway'd  ; 

And  Og»  whofe  ftern  command 
rich  Bafhan's  land  obey  VI. 

For  God,  &c.  j 

ti,  22  And  of  his  wond'rous  grate 
their  lands,  whom  he  deftroy'd 

3e  gave  to  Ifr'ers  race, 
to  be  by  them  enjoyM. 
For  God,  &c. 

23,  24  He  in  our  depth  of  wbss, 

on  us  with  favour  thought, 
And  from  our  cruel  foes 

in  peace  and  fafety  brought. 
For  God,  &c. 

25,  26  He  does  the  food  fupply, 

on  which  all  creatures  live: 
To  God  who  reigns  on  high 
eternal  praifes  give. 
For  God  will  prove 
Our  conftant  friend^ 
His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  end. 

X  PSALM 


254  PSALM    cxxxvil. 

PS  A  L  M    CXXXVII. 

WHEN  we,  our  weary  limbs  to  reft  J 
Sat  down  by  pi  oudEuphrates'  ftream,! 
We  wept,  with  doleful  thoughts  oppreft, 
And  Sion  was  our  mournful  theme. 
1  Our  harps  that  when  with  joy  we  Tung, 
Were  wont  their  tuneful  parts  to  bear, 
With  filent  firings  neglected  hung 
-On  willow-trees  that  wither'd  there. 

3  Mean  while  our  foes,  who  all  confpir'd 
To  tiiumph  in  our  flavrfh  wrongs, 
Mulic  and  mirth  of  us  required, 
"  Come  ling  us  one  of  Sion's  fongs." 
4.  How  fhali  we  tune  our  voice  to  Ting  ? 
Or  touch  our  harps  with  fldlful  hands  ? 
Shall  hymns  of  joy  to  God  our  king 
Se  lung  by  flaves  in  foreign  lands  ? 

5  O  Salem,  our  once  happy  feat ! 
When  I  of  thee  forgetful  p;ove, 
Let  then  my  trembling  hand  forget 
The  fpeaking  firings  with  art  to  move! 

6  If  1  to  mention  thee  forbear, 
Eternal  filence  feize  my  tongue 
Or  if  1  fing  one  chearful  air, 
Till  thy  deliv'rance  is  my  fong  ! 

7  Remember,  Lord,  how  Edom's  race, 
In  thy  own  city's  fatal  day, 

Cry'd  out,  "  Her  ftately  walls  deface, 
"    And  with  the  ground  quite  level  lay.* 

8  Proud  Babal's  daughter,  doonvd  to  be 
Of  grief  and  woe  the  wretched  prey, 
ptefs'd  is  the  man  who  (hall  to  thee 
"The  wrongs  thou  laid'it  on  us,  repay. 

9  Tlaric* 


PSALM     cxxxvii,  cxxxviii.  2.$$ 

t)  Thrice  bleft,  who  with  jufl  rage  pofTeft, 
And  deaf  to  all  the  parents  moans, 
Shall  fnatch  thy  infants  from  the  breaft, 
ik'nd  dalh  their  heads  againft  the  ftones, 

PS  A  L  M    CXXXVIH. 

With  my  whole  heart,  my  God  and  kin g, 
thy  praife  I  will  proclaim  % 
Before  the  gods  with  joy  I'll  fing, 
and  blefs  thy  holy  name. 

2  I'll  worfhip  at  thyfacred  feat  5?" 
and  with  thy  love  infpir'c^ 

The  praifes  of  thy  truth  repeat/ 
o'er  all  thy  works  admir'd. 

3  Thou  gracioufly  inclin'ft  thine  ear^ 
when  I  to  thee  did  cry, 

And  when  my  foul  was  prefs'd  with  fear, 
dtd'ft  inward  ftrength  fupply. 

4  Therefore  lhall  ev'ry  earthly  prince 
I  thy  name  with  praife  purfue, 

Whom  thefe  admir'd  events  convince 
that  all  tby  works  are  true. 

5  They  all  thy  wond'rous  ways,   O  Lord, 
I  with  chearful  fongs  fhall  biefs  ; 

And  all  thy  glorious  a&s  record, 

thy  awful  pow'r  confefs, 
±6  For  God,  although  enthron'd  on  high, 

does  thence  the  poor  refpecfc ; 
The  proud  far  off,  his  fcornful  eye 

beholds  with  juft  neglect. 

7  Tho'  I  with  troubles  am  opprefs'd, 

he  lhall  my  foes  difarm 
Relieve  my  foul  when  moft  diftrefs'd, 

and  keep  me  fafe  from  harm. 

&*  B  The 


2$6    PSALM  cxxxviii,   cxxxixi 

8  The  Lord,  whofe  mercies  ever  laft,. 

fliall  fix  my  happy  ftate  5 
And  mindful  of  his  favours  paft, 

£hall  his  own  work  compleat. 

PSALM    CXXXIX. 
l.'pHOU,  Lord,  by  ftri&eft  fearch  haft  j 

I  X   My  riflng  up  and  lying  down;  (knowa| 
My  l'ecret  thoughts  are  known  to  thee, 
}£no\vn  long  before  conreivM  by  me. 

3  Thine  eye  roy  b^d  and  path  furveys, 
My  public  haunts  and  private  ways  \ 

4  Thou  know'ft  what  'tis  my  lips  wou*d  vent* 
My  ytt  unutter'd  words  intent. 

5  Surrounded  by  thy  pow'r,  I  ftand, 
On  ev'ry  fide  I  find  thy  hand. 

6  O  fkiil,  for  human  reach  too  high ! 
Too  dazling  bright  for  mortal  eye  ! 

7  O  cou'd  I  lo  perfidious  be, 
To  think  of  once  deferting,  thee  ! 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  influence  fhun  I 
Or  whither  from  thy  pretence  run  I 

8  If  up  to  heav'n  I  take  my  flight ; 
'Tis  there  thou  dweU'ft  enthron'd  in  light; 
Or  fink  to  hell's  infernal  plains,. 
T  is  there  almighty  vengeance  reigns. 
<;  If  I  the  morning's  wings  cou'd  gain, 
And  fly  beyond  the  weftern  main, 
10  Thy  fwifter  hand  wou'd  fiifl  arrive* 
And  there  arreft  thy  fugitive. 

I I  Or  fhou'd  I  try  to  fhun  thy  fight 
Beneath  the  fable  wings  of  night ; 
One  glance  from  thee,  one  piercing  xzj 
vVgu'd  kindle  Uarkaefs  into  day. 

iz  The 


J  S  A  L  M     cxxxlx,  357 

32  The  veil  of  night  is  no  difguife, 
Xo  fcreen  from  thy  all-fearching  eyes  : 
Thro*  midnight  fhades  thou  find'!*  the  way, 
As  in  the  blazing  noon  of  day. 

13  Thou  know'ft  the  texture  of  my  heart, 
My  reins  and  ev'ry  vital  part; 

Each  fingle  thread  in  nature's  loom, 
By  thee  was  cover'd  in  the  womb. 

14  I'll  praife  thee  from  whofe  hands  I  came, 
A  work  of  iuch  a  curious  frame  ; 

The  wonders  thou  in  me  haft  fhown, 
My  foul  with  grateful  joy  niuft  own. 


15  Thine  eyes  my  hibftance  did  furvey, 
While  yet  a  lifelefs  mais  it  lay, 

In  fecret  how  exact  y  wrought. 

Ere  from   its  dark  inclofure  brought. 

16  Thou  did  ft  the  lhapelefs  embrio  lee, 
Its  pat  ts  were  regiftred  by  thee  : 

Thou  law'ft  the  daily  growth  they  took, 
Form  d  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

17  Let  me  acknowledge  too,  O  God, 
That  fince  this  maze  of  life  I  trod, 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  me  furmount 
The  powY  of  numbers  to  recount. 

18  Far  fooner  could  I  reckon  o'er 
The  fand-  upon  the  oc  an's  fhore  : 
E<ich  morn  revifin^  what  I've  done, 
I  find  th'  account  but  new  begun. 

19  The  wicked  thou  fhalt  flay.  O  God  : 
Depart  from  me,  ye  men  of  Wool, 

20  Whofe  tongurs  heaVn's  majefty  profane3 
And  take  th'  Almighty's  name  in  vain* 

X  3  21  Lord, 


258         P  S  A  L  M  cxxxix,  cxl. 

21  Lord,  hate  not  I  their  impious  crew. 
Who  thee  with  enmity  purfue  ? 
And  does  not  grief  my  heait  opprefe, 
When  reprobates  thy  law  tranlgreis  ? 

22  Who  prnclife  enmity  to  thee, 
Shall  utmofr.  hatred  have  from  me  ; 
Such  men  I. utterly  dctcft, 
As  if  they  were  my  foes  profeft.  (heart, 
23,  24  Search,  try,  O  God,  my  thoughts  and 
If  mifchief  lurks  in  anv  part -5. 

Correct  me  \vj|re  I  go  aTtray, 
And  guide  mean  thy  perfect  way.1 

PSALM  *CX1 

lTP^Referve  me,  Lord,  from  crafty  foes 
of  treacherous  intent*,. 

2  And  from  the  fons  of  violence, 
on  open  mifchief  bent. 

3  Their  fland'ring  tongue  the  ferpeiu's  ftin£ 
■  in  fharpnefs  docs  exceed: 

Between  their  lips  the  gaul  of  afps 
and  adders  venom  breed. 

4  Preferve  me,  Lord,  from  wicked  hand", 
nor  leave  my  foul  forlorn, 

A  prev  to  fons  of  violence, 
who  have  my  ruin  fworn. 

5  The  proud  tor  me  have  laid  their  fnare. 
and  fpread  their  wily  net  •. 

With  traps  and  gins  where'er  I  move, 
I  find  my  ftcps  belet. 

6  But  thus  environ'd  with  diftrefs, 
tiiou  art  my  God  I  laid  ; 

Loid,   hear  my  fvpplicating  voice, 

that  calls  to  thee' for  aid.  7  ' 


PSALM    cxl,    ckli.        259, 

7-  O  Lord,  the  God  whofe  faving  ftrengtk 

kind  fuccour  did  convey, 
And  covered  my  advent'rous  head 

in  battle's  doubtful  day. 

8  Permit  not  their  unjuft  deftgns 
to  anfwer  their  defire ; 

Left  they  encourag'd  by  fuccefs,  j** 

to  bolder  crimes  afpire. 

9  Let  firft  their  chiefs  the  fad  effe&s- 
of  their  injuftice  mourn-; 

The  blaft  of  their  envenom'd  breath, 
upon  th em felves  return/ 

10  Let  them  who  kindled  firft  the  flame^ 
its  facrince  Become  ; 

The  pit  they  digg'd  for  me,  be  made 
their  own  untimely  tomb. 

1 1  Fho'  flander's  breath  may  raife  a  floras^ 
it  quickly  will  decay  ;^ 

Their  rage  does  but  the  torrent  fwell, 
that  bears  themfelves  away. 

12  God  will  aflcrt  the  poor  man's  caufe*. 
and  fpeedy  fuccour  give  ; 

The  juft  fh all  celebrate  his  praife,. 
and  in  his  prefence  live. 

PS  A  L  M:    CXLI. 

1  rT^O  thee,  O  Lord,  my  cries  afcend? 

1       O  ha.fte  to  my  relief; 
And  with  accuftom'd  pity  hear 

the  accents  of  my  grief.  , 

2  Inftead  of  off' rings,  let  my  prayV 
like  morning  incenfe  rife  : 

My  lifted  hands  fupply  the  place 
of  ev'ning  faciiiiee. 

3 -From 


26q  PSALM    cxlL 

3  From  hafty  language  curb  my  tongue, 
and  let  aconftant  guard 

Still  keep  the  portal  of  my  lips, 
with  wary  filence  barr'd. 

4  From  wicked  mens  deflgns  and  deeds 

my  heart  and  hands  rrftrain  j 
Nor  let  me  in  the  booty  fhare 
of  their  unrighteous  gain. 

5  Let  wpright  men  reprove  my  faults* 
and  1  fhall  think  them  kind  ; 

Like  balm  that  heals  a  wounded  head, 

I  their  reproof  fhall  find  ; 
And  in  return,  my  fervent  prayV 

I  fhall  for  them  addrefs, 
When  they  are  tempted  and  redue'd, 

like  me  to  fore  diftrtfs. 

6  When  fkulking  in  Engedfs  reck, 
I  to  their  chiefs  appeal, 

If  one  reproachful  word  I  fpoke, 

when  1  had  pow'r  to  kill. 
^  Yet  us  they  perfecute  to  deathy 

our  fcatter'd  ruins  lie 
As  thick  as  from  the  hewer's  ax 

the  fcver'd  fplinters  fly. 

8  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  frill  direct 
iny  fupplicating  eyes, 

O  leave  not  deftiiute  my  foul, 
whofe  truft  on  thee  i  elics. 

9  Do  thou  preferve  me  from  the  fnare-s 
that  wicked  hands  have  laid  ; 

Jjet  them  in  their  own  nets  be  caught 
while  my  eicape  is  made. 

PSALM 


PSALM    cxlii,  calm.       i£rt. 

PSALM     CXLII. 

i   ^|  ^O  God,  with  mournful  voice,. 

1      ia  deep  diftrefs  I  pray'd  y 
2  Made  him  the  umpire  of  my  caufey 
my  wrongs  before  him  laid. 

3  Thou  did'ft  my  fceps  direct, 
when  my  griev'd  foul  defpair'd : 

For  where  I  thought  to  walk  fecure^ 
they  had  their  traps  prepar'd. 

4  I  look'd  but  found  no  friend 
to  own  me  in  diftrefs  y 

All  refuge  fail'd,  no  man  vouchiaf'd; 
his  pity  or  redrefs. 

5  To  God  at  laft  I  pray'd, 

[     thou,  Lord,  my  refuge  art,, 
My  portion  in  the  land  of  life, 
'till  life  itfelf  depart. 

6  Reduc'd  to  greatefV  ftrai:sr 
to  thee  I  make  my  moan  \ 

O  fave  me  from  oppreffive  foes* 

for  me  too  powVful  grown. 
7    That  I  may  praife  thy  name* 

my  foul  from  prifon  bring ; 
Whilft  of  thy  kind  regard  to#me^ 

aflembled  faints,  (hall  fing* 

PSALM     CXLlfif. 

1*1      ORD,  hear  my  pray'r,  and  corny  erf 

j   j    thy  wonted  audience  lend  ; 
In  thy  accuftom'd  faith  and  truth 

a  gracious  anfwer  fend. 
2  Nor  at  thy  ft ric"t  tribunal  bring 

thy  fervant  to  be  try'd ; 
For  in  thy  fight  no  living  nua 

caa  e'er  be  juftify'd. 


262  PS  A  L  M    cxliii. 

3  The  fpiteful  foe  purfaes  my  lifigj 
whofe  comforts  all  are  fled ; 

He  drives  me  into  caves  as  dark 
as  manfions  of  the  dead. 

4  Myfpirit  therefore  is  o'erwhelm'd, 
and  links  within  my  breaft  ; 

My  mournful  heart  grows  defolatey 
y  with  heavy  woes  oppren\ 

5  I  call  to  mind  the  days  of  old, 
and  wonders  thou  haft  wrought: 

My  former  dangers  and  efcapes 
employ  my  muling  thought. 

6  To  thee  my  hands;  iu  humble  prayV, 
I  fervently  ftretch  out ; 

My  foul  for  thy  refrefhment  thirds^ 
like  land  opprefs'd  with  drought. 

7  Hear  me  with  fpeed*,  my  fpirit  fails  *• 
thy  face  no  longer  hide, 

Left  I  become  forlorn  like  them 

that  in  the  grave  relide. 
S  Thy  kindnefs  early  let  me  hear, 

whofe  trull:  on  thee  depends-, 
Teach  me  the  way  where  I  fhould  go  : 

my  foul  to  thee  afcends. 

9  Do  thou,  O  Lord,  from  all  my  foes 
pi  eierve  and  fet  me  free  ; 

A  fafe  retreat  againft  their  rage, 
my  foul  implores  from  thee. 

10  Thou  art  my  God,  thy  righteous  will 
inftruct  me  ro  obey  ; 

Let  thy  good  ipint  lead  and  keep 
my  foul  in  the  right  way. 

ii  O 


F  SAL  ~'M     cxlni,  ■cxliv.  20$ 

n  O  for  the  fake  of  thy  great  name 

revive  my  drooping  heart: 
For  thy  truth's  fake  to  me  diflrefs'd, 

thy  promised  aid  impart. 
12  In  pity  to  rny  fuffVings,  Lord, 

reduce  my  foes  to  fhame  ; 
.Slay  them  that  persecute  a  foul 

devoted  to  thy  name. 

P  S  A  L  M     CXLIV. 

I*T7  OR  ever  bleft  be  God  the  Lord, 
JL      Who  does  his  needful  aid  impart* 
At  once  both  ftrength  and  ikill  afford 
To  wield  my  arms  with  warlike  art. 

2  His  goodnefs  as  my  fort  and  tow'r, 
My  fbong  deliv'rance  and  myfhield  : 
•In  him  I  truftvvhofe  matchlefs  powY 
Makes  to  my  fway  fierce  nations  yield. 

3  Lord,  what's  in  man,  that  thoia  fhould'ft 
Such  tender  care  of  him  to  take  ?  flove 
What  in  his  offspring  could  thee  move 

^Such  great  account  of  him  to  make  ? 

4  The  life  of  man  does  quickly  fade, 
His  thoughts  but  empty  are  and  vainj- 
Jiis  days  are  like  a -flying  fhade, 

■0£  whofe  fhort  ftay  no  iigns  remain, 

$  In  folemn  (rate,  O  God,  defcendj 
Whil'ft  heav'n  its  lofty  head  inclines; 
The  fmoking  hills  afunder  rend, 
.Of  thy  approach  the  awful  iigns. 
\6  Difcharge  thy  dreadful  lightening  round, 
And  make  thy  fcatter'd  foes  retreat ; 
Them  with  thy  pointed  arrows  wound, 
And.,their  deflruclioncfoon  compleat. 

7,8  Do 


T*64    •        PSALM    cxli*. 

7,  8  Do  thou,  O  Lord,  from  heav'n  engage 
Thy  boundlefs  pow'r  my  foes  to  quell, 
And  fnatch  me  from  the  ftormy  rage 
Of  thre&t'ning  w;  ves  that  proudly  fwell. 
Slight  thou  againft  my  foreign  foes, 
Who  utter  fpeeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 
Who,  though  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe* 
Their  fworn  engagements  ne'er  maintain. 

9  So  I  to  thee,  O  King  of  kings, 
In  joyful  hymns  my  voice  {hall  raife, 
And  inftrumenrs  of  various  ft  rings 
Shall  help  me  thus  to  fing  thy  praife. 
io  i    God  does  to  kings  his  aid  afford, 
**  Pothem  his  Aire  falvation  fends  ; 
" '  Hs  hf  that  from  the  murd'ring  fword, 
«'  His  fervant  David  ftill  defends." 

^  i  Fight  thou  againft  my  foreign  foes, 
"Who  utter  fpeeches  falfe  and  vain ; 
Who,  though  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe, 
Their  fworn  engagements  ne'er  maintain. 

1 2  Then  our  young  fons  like  trees  (hall grow, 
Well  planted  in  fome  fruitful  place  ; 

Our  daughters  fhall  like  pillars  fhow, 
Defign'd  fome  royal  court  to  grace. 

1 3  Our  garners,  fill'd  with  various  ftore, 
Shall  us  and  ours  with  plenty  feed, 
Our  fheep  incrcafing  more  and  more, 
Shall  thoufands  and  ten  thoufands  breed. 

14  Strong  fhall  our  Iab'ring  oxen  grow,  • 
Nor  in  their  conftant  labour  faint  -9 
Whilft  we  no  war  nor  flav'ry  know, 
And  in  our  ftreets  hear  no  complaint. 

15  Thrice 


csli?j  cxlv.  26  j 

r  5  Thrice  happy  is  that  people's  cafe, 
Whofe  various  bltffings  thus  abound  : 
Who  God's  true  worihip  Mill  embrace, 
And  are  with  his  protection  crown'd, 

PSALM    CXLV. 

i,HpHEE  111  extol,  my  God  and  King, 

2  JL       thy  endlefs  praife  proclaim  ; 
This  tribute  daily  I  will  bring., 

and  ever  blefs  thy  name. 

3  Thou,  Lord,  beyond  compare  art  great, 
and  highly  to  be  prais'd  ; 

Thy  majefty,  with  boundlefs  height, 
above  our  knowledge  rais'd. 

4  Renown 'd  for  mighty  acts,  thy  fame 
to  future  time  extends ; 

From  age  to  age  thy  glorious  name 
•  fucceffively  defcends. 
5,  6  Whilft  I  thy  glory  and  renown, 

and  woncFrous  works  exprefs, 
The  world  with  me  thy  might  (hall  own 
and  thy  great  pow'r  confefs. 

7  The  praife  that  to  thy  love  belongs, 
they  ihall  with  joy  proclaim  ; 

Thy  truth  of  all  their  grateful  fongs 
ihall  be  the  conftant  theme. 

8  The  Lord  is  good ;  frefh  acts  of  grace 
his  pity  ftill  firpplies  ; 

His  anger  moves  with  floweft  pace, 
his  willing  mercy  flies. 

9,  io  Thy  love  thro'  earth  extends  its  fame 

to  all  thy  works  expfeft; 
Thefe  fhew  thy  praife,  whilft  thy  great  name 
is  by  thy  fervsats  blefl. 

Y  ii  They, 


t66  PSALM    cxlv. 

1 1  They,  with  the  glorious  profpect  fiYd, 
fhall  of  thy  kingdom  fpeak  ; 

And  thy  great  pow'r,  by  all  admir'd, 
their  lofty  fubject  make. 

r 

12  God's  glorious  works  of  antient  date, 
fhall  thus  to  all  be  hn^n  ; 

And  thus  his  kingdom^  royal  Ttate, 
with  public  fplendor  fhown. 

13  His  ftedfaft  throne,  from  changes  free, 
fhall  fland  for  ever  faft  ; 

-His  boundlefs  fw&y  no  end  fhall  fee, 
but  time  itfelf  out-laft. 

PART    II. 

14,  1 5  The  Lord  does  them  fupport  that  fall, 

and  makes  the  proftrate  rife  5 
For  his  kind  aid  all  creatures  call, 

who  timely  food  fupphes. 
16  Whate'er  their  various  wants  require, 

with  open  hand  he  gives  ; 
And  fo  fulfils  the  juftdefire 

of  ev'ry  thing  that  lives. 

\5jy  18  How  holy  is  the  Lord !  how  juft  I 

how  righteous  all  his  ways  ! 
How  nigh  to  him,  who  with  firm  truft 

for  his  alhftance  prays  !        % 

1 9  He  grants  the  full  defines  of  thofe 
who  him  with  fear  adore  ; 

And  will  their  troubles  foon  compofe, 
when  they  his  aid  implore. 

20  The  Lord  preferves  all  thofe  with  care 
whom  grateful  love  employs  : 

But  Tinners,  who  his  vengeance  dare, 
with  furious  rage  destroys. 

21  My 


PSALM    cxlv,    cxlvi.  267 

21  My  time  to  come,  in  praifes  fpent? 
'    fliall  ftill  advance  his  fame, 
And  all  mankind  with  one  confent 
for  ever  blefs  his  name, 

PSALM    CXLVL 

1,  f~\  Praife  the  Lord  and  thou  my  foul, 

2  \^J     for  ever  blefs  his  name  : 

His  wond'rous  love,  while  life  fhall  laft, 
my  conftant  praife  fhail  claim. 

3  On  kings;  the  greateft Tons  of  men? 
let  none  for  aid  rely  : 

They  cannot  fa^e  in  dang'rous  times^ 
nor  timely  help  apply 

4  Deprived  of  breath,  to  duft  they  :urn, 
and  there- neglected  lie, 

And  ail  their  thoughts  and  vain  defigns 
together  with  them  die. 

5  Then  happy  he,  who  Jacob's  God 
for  his  protection  takes  ; 

Who  ftill,  with  well  plac'd  hope,,  the  Lord 
his  conftant  refuge  makes, 

6  The  Lord,  who  macfe  both  heav'n  and 
and  all  that  they  contain,  (earth, 

Will  never  quit  his  ftedfaft  truth, 
nor  make  his  prcmife  vain. 

7  The  poor  oppreft,  from  all  their  wrongs 
are  eas'd  by  his  decree; 

He  gives  the  hungry  needful  food, 
and  fets  the  pris'ners  free. 

8  By  him  the  blind  receive  their  fight, 
the  weak  and  fall'n  he  rears  : 

With  kind  regard  and  tender  love, 
he  for  the  righteous  cares, 

Y  2  9  The 


263       P    S    A    L    M    cxlvi,  cxlvii. 

9  The  ftrangcr  he  preferves  from  harm, 

the  orphan  kindly  treats, 
Defends  the  widow,  and  the  wiles 

of  wicked  men  defeats. 

io  The  God,  that  does  in  Sion  dwell, 

is  our  eternal  King  : 
From  age  to  age  his  reign  endures, 

let  all  his  praifes  fing. 

PSALM   CXLVII. 

i/^\  Praife  the  Lord  with   hymns  of  joy* 

\J    and  celebrate  his  fame  ! 
For  pleafant,  good,  and  comely  'tis 

to  praife  his  holy  name. 
2  His  holy  city  God  will  build, 

tho'  levePd  with  the  ground  : 
Bring  back  his  people,  tho*  difpers'd 

through  all  the  nations  round. 

3,  4  He  kindly  heals  the  broken  hearts, 

and  all  their  wounds  does  clofe  ; 
He  tells  the  number  of  the  liars, 

their  feveral  names  he  knows. 
5,  6  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  great  his  powV, 

his  wifdom  has  no  bound  ; 
The  meek  he  raifes,  and  throws  down 

the  wicked  to  the  ground. 

7  To  God,  the  Lord,  a  hymn  of  praife 
with  grateful  voices  fing  ; 

To  fongs  of  triumph  tune  the  harp, 
and  itrike  each  warbling  firing. 

8  He  covers  heav'n  with  clouds,  and  themce 
refrefhing  rain  bellows  : 

Thro' him,  on  mountain  tops,  the  grafs 
•with  wond'rcur-  plenty  grows. 

9  He, 


PSALM  cxivii.  a6> 

9  He,  favage  beafts  that  loofcly  range, 

with  timely  food  fupplies  ; 
He  feeds  the  ravens  tender  brood, 

and  ftops  their  hungry  cries, 
io  He  values  not  the  warlike  fteed, 

but  does  his  ftrength  difdain  5 
The  nimble  foot  that  fwiftly  runs, 

no  prize  from  him  can  gain. 

1 1  But  he,  to  him  that  fears  his  name* 

his  tender  love  extends  ; 
To  him  that  on  his  boundlefs  grace 

with  ftedfaft  hope  depends. 
12,  13  Let  Sion  and  Jerufalem 

to  God  their  praife  addrefs  ; 
Who  fene'd  their  gates  with  mafly  bars,* 

and  does  their  children  blefs, 

34,  1 5  Thro'  all  their  borders  he  gives  peace 

with  fineft  wheat  they're  fed  j 
He  fpeaks  the  word,  and  what  he  wills 

is  done  as  foon  as  faid. 

16  Large  flakes  of  fnow,  like  fleecy  wool^ 
defcend  at  his  command  ; 

And  hoary  froft,  like  afties  fpread, 
is  fcatter'd  o'er  the  land. 

17  Wh^njoin'd  to  thefe  he  does  his  hail 
in  little  rnorfels  break, 

Who  can  againft  his  piercing  cold 
feeure  defences  make  ? 

18  He  fends  his  word,  which  melts  the  ice  3 
he  makes  his  wind  to  blow, 

And  foon  the  ftreams.  cor.geal'd  before, 
in  plenteous  currents  flow. 

Y  3  *9  By 


270        P  S  A  L  M    cxlvii,    cxlviii, 

ip  By  him  his  ftatutes  and  decrees 

to  Jacob's  foas  were  fhown  : 
And  ftill  to  tolfr'el's  chofen  fezd 

his  righteous  laws  are  known. 
20  No  other  nation  this  can  boail, 

nor  did  he  e'er  afford 
To  heathen  lands  his  oracles, 

and  knowledge  of  his  word. 

Hallelujah. 

PSALM     CXLVIII. 

I.,  2  "\7^  E  boundlefs  realms  of  joy3 
Exalt  your  Makers  taaie  : 
His  praife  your  fong  employ 
Above  the  ftary  frame  : 
Your  voices  raife, 
Ye  cherubim 
And  feraphim, 
To  fing  his  praife. 

3,  4  Thou  moon  thatr-al'lt  the  night, 

and  fun  that  guid'ft  the  day, 
Ye  glitt'ring  {tars  of  light, 

To  him  your  homage  pay  : 
His  praife  declare, 
Ye  heavens  above, 
And  clouds  that  move 
In  liquid  air. 

5,  6  Let  them  adore  the  Lord, 

And  praife  his  holy  name, 
By  whofe  almighty  word 

They  all  from  nothing  cane  ; 
And  all  fhall  laft, 
From  changer,  free  : 
His  firm  decree 
Staods  ever  fcft.  7,  8  Let 


PSALM    cxlviii.  VJ-V 

7,  8  Let  earth  her  tribute  pay  ; 

Praife  him,  ye  dreadful  whales^ 
And  fifh  that  through  the  fea 

Glide  fwift  with  glitt'ring  fcales  5 
Fire,  hail,  and  mow, 
And  mifty  air, 
And  winds  that  where 
He  bids  them  blow. 

^,  l  o  By  hills  and  mountains  (all 

In  grateful  confort  join'd) 
By  cedars  flately  tall, 

And  trees  for  fruh  defign'd  j 
By  ev'ry  beafr, 
And  creeping  thing, 
And  fowl  of  wing 
His  name  be  bleft. 

n,  12  Let  all  of  royal  birth, 

With  thofe  of  humbler  frame^ 
And  judges  of  the  earth, 

His  matchlefs  praife  proclaim. 
In  this-deiign 
Let  youths  with  maids*  _ 
And  hoary  heads 
With  children  join. 

13  United  zeal  be  mown, 

His  wond'rousfame  to  raife, 
^Whofe  glorious  name  alone 

Deferves  our  endiefs  praife! 
Earth's  utmGft  ends 
Kis  pow'r  obey  : 
His  glorious  fway 
The  iky  tranjgen^s. 

14  HI? 


o 


27  z  .        PSALM     oxlviii,  cxl«, 

14  His  chofen  faints  to  grace, 

He  fets  them  up  on  high, 
And  favours   IfrVi's  race, 

Who  ftili  to  him  are  nigh. 
O!  therefore  raife 
Your  grateful  voice, 
And  {till  rejoice 
The  Lord  to  praife. 

PSALM    CXLIX. 

Praife  ye  the  Lord, 
prepare  your  glad  voice, 
His  prife  in  the  great 

affembiy  to  ling. 
In  our  great  Creator 

let  LfVel  rejoice, 
And  children  of  Sion 
be  glad  in  their  King. 

3,  4  Let  them  his  great  name 

exiol  in  the  dance  ; 
With  timbrel  and  harp 

his  praifes  exprefs, 
Who  always  takes  pleafure 

his  faints  to  advance, 
And  with  his  falvation 

the  humble  to  blefs. 

5,6  With  glory  adorn'd, 
his  people  (hail  fing 
To  God,  who  their  bed? 

with  fafety  does  fhield  ; 
Their  mouths  fill'd  with  praifes 

of  him  their  great  King  ; 
Whilft  a  two-edged  fword 
s  their  right  hand  fhall  wcild. 

7,  8  Juft 


PSALM  cxlix,  cl.  273 

jy  8  Juft  vengeance  to  take 

for  injuries  paft  ; 
To  punifh  thofe  lands 

for  ruin  deiign'd  ; 
With  chains,  as  their  captives, 

to  tie  their  kings  faft, 
With  fetters  of  iron 

their  nobles  to  bin<«L 

9  Thus  fhall  they  make  good, 

when  they  {hall  deftroy, 
The  dreadful  decree 

which  God  does  proclaims 
Such  honour  and  triumph 

his  faints  fhall  enjoy, 
O  therefore  for  ever 

exalt  his  great  name  f 

PSALM    CL. 

OPraife  the  Lord  in  that  bleft  place, 
From  whence  his  goodnefs  largely  flows 
Praife  him  in  heav'n,  where  he  his  face 
UnveiPd  in  perfect  glory  fhows. 

2  Praife  him  for  all  the  mighty  acls, 
Which  he  on  our  behalf  has  done  ; 
His  kindnefs  this  return  exacts, 

With  which  our  praife  fhould  equal  run, 

3  Let  the  fhrill  trumpet's  warlike  voice 
Make  rocks  and  hills  his  praife  rebound  5 
Praife  him  with  harp's  melodious  noife, 
And  gentle  pfalt  ry's  fiiver  found. 

4  Let  virgin  troops  ioft  timbrels  bring, 
And  i'ome  with  graceful  motion  dance  3 
Let  in'buments  of  various  fixings, 
With  organs  join'd,  his  praife  advance. 


274  PS  A  L  M    eh 

5  Let  them  who  joyful  hymns  compofcy 
To  cymbals  fet  their  Tongs  of  praife  \ 
Cymbals  of  common  ufe,  and  thofe 
That  loudly  found  on  folemn  days. 

6  Let  all  that  vital  breath  enjoy, 
The  breath  he  does  to  them  afford, 
In  juft  returns  of  praife  employ : 
Let  t .  Yy  creature  praife  the  Lord. 

THE    EN  D. 


GLORIA    PATRI,    &c. 

Common  Meafure^ 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghofly 
The  God  whom  we  adnre, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was*  is  now, 
and  fhall  be  evermore . 

.  As  Pfalm  25. 

TO  God  the  Father^  Son,, 
and  fpirit,  glory  be  ; 
As  'twas,  and  is,  and  fhall  be  fo- 
to  all  eternity. 

As  the    100th  Pfalm. 
anp'O  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghoft, 

JL    The  God  whom  earth  and  heav'n  adore 
Be  glory  as  it  was  of  old, 
Js  now,  and  ihall  be  evermore. 

As  Pfalm   37th,  and  laft  part  of  the   113th 
Pfaim  Tune, 
O  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghofr. 
The  God  whom  htav  n 
And  luff 'ring  faints  ou  t«. 


GLORIA    P  A  T  R  I,  &c.    27s 

&e  glory  as  in  ages  pair, 
And  now  it  is,  and  fo  £hall  laft, 
When  time  ufelf  mufl  be  no  more; 

As    Pfalm    148. 

TO  God  the  Father,  Son, 
And  fphit  ev-r  blefs'd, 
Eternal  Three  in  One, 
All  worfhip  be  addrefs'd, 
As  heretofore 
It  was,  is  new 
And  %1I  be  fo 
For  evermore* 

As  Pfalm  i4c>3 

BY  angels  in  heaVa 
of  ev'ry  d:gree, 
And  faints  upon  earth. 

All  praile  be  addrefs'd 
To  God  in  three  perfons, 
m  One  God  ever  blefs'd  ; 
As  it  has  been,  now  is, 
And  always  mail  be. 

Fo  be  Ring  to  any  double  tune  in  g$e  com- 
mon meafure. 
TO  God,  our  benefa&or,  bring 
The  tribute  of  your  praife  ; 
Poo  fmall  for  an  almighty  King, 
But  ail  that  we  can  raife. 

5lory  to  thee.  blefs'd  Three  in  One,  9'  * 

£he  God  whom  we  a^ore  5 

■•-  is,  and  ihaii  be  done, 
V/hci  time  ihall  be  no  more.  d  ' 

The 


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The  Psalmist's  Prayer  for  the  Church, 

Common  Meafure. 

LORI^  blefs  thy  people,  who  to  thee 
do  all  their  fafety  owe  ; 
Feed  thou  thy  flock,  and  raife  them  up, 
when  they  are  fallen  low. 

Another. 

DElight  to  blefs  thy  people,  Lord, 
defend  and  fuccour  them; 
Do  good  to  Zion,  build  the  walls 
of  thy  Jerufalem. 

As  the    iooth  Pfalm. 

FTHHY  People  whom  thou  lov'ft,  delight 
Jl_     To  blefs,  defend  and  fuccour  them ; 

>od  to  Zion,  Lord,  and  build 
he  walls  of  thy  Jerufalem. 

Another. 

OH  \  may  thy  church,  thy  turtle-dove, 
Mournful,  yet  chafte,  thy  pity  move: 
To  birds  of  prey  expofe  her  not, 
"J  ho'  poor,  too  dear  to  be  forgot. 

As  Pfalm  XXV. 

iXT  Sion  favour  find, 
j    ot  thy -good  will  afliir'd; 
And  thy  own  city  flcurifh  long, 
By  lofty  walls  fecur'd. 


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HYMN     I. 
•  Rev.  v.  6,  7,  8,  9,  io,  n> 

2TQ  Ekold  the  glories  of  the  Lamb 
Jf3  amidft  his  Father's  throne  : 
Prepare  new  honours  for  his  name* 
and  fongs  before  unknown. 

2  Let  elders  worfhip  at  his  feet, 
the  church  adore  around, 

With  vials  full  of  odours  fweet, 
with  harps  of  fweeter  found. 

3  Thofe  are  the  offer'd  pray'rs  of  faints, 
and  thefe  the  hymns  they  raife  : 

Jefus  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 
he  loves  to  hear  our  praife, 

4  Now  to  the  Lamb  that  once  was  ilain, 
be  endlefs  bleffings  paid : 

Salvation,  glory,  joy  remain 
for  ever  on  thy  head. 

5  Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls  withlbJ:^ 

haft  fet  the  pris'ners  free, 
Haft  made  us  kings  and  priefts  tg 

and  if  e  fhall  reign  with  thee. 
q   X  he  worlds  of  nature  and  of 

,are  put  beneath  thy  pow'ry 
Then  ihorten  thefe  delaying  days,, 
i  bring  the  promis'd  hour' 


V 


4  HYMN      :.. 

H  Y  M  N    II. 

Ifa.  Iv.    r,  a,  &c. 
I TJ      ET  ev'ry  mortal  ear*  attend, 

1    ^    and  ev'ry  heart  rejoice, 
The  trumpet  of  the  gofpei  founds 

with  an  inviting  voice. 
2  Ho  !   alt  ye  hungry  ftarving  fouls* 

that  feed  upon  ike  wind, 
And  vainly  itrive  with  earthly  toys 
to  fill  an  empty  mind  : 

3  Eternal  wifdom  has  preparM 
a  foul-reviving  featt, 

And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
the  rich  proviiion  tafte. 

4  Ho  !  ye  that  pant,  for  living  dreams, 
and  pinp  away  and  die  ; 

Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirft' 
with  fprings  that  never  dry  : 

5  Rivers'  o£  love  and  mercy  here 
in  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 

/Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 
I'ke  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

6  Ye  perifhing  and  naked  poor, 
who  work  with  mighty  pain, 

To  weave  a  garment  of  your  own, 
that  will  not  hide  your  fin  : 

Come  naked  and  adorn  your  fouls 
"»th  robts  prcpar'd  by  God, 

'  •■  by  the  labours  of  his  Son, 
fn  his  own  blood, 
rd  !  the  treafures  of  thy  love 
rlahVmg  mines 
mr  hclplefs  miferies  are, 
uidiefs  as  our  fins. 


HYMN    ii,  iii,  iv.  $ 

9  The  happy  gates  of  gofpel-grace 

ftand  open  night  and  day ; 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  feek  fupplies, 

and  drive  our  wants  away. 

HYMN    III. 

Ifa.    xxvi.     i — 5" 

i  T  T  OW  honourable  is  the  place 

where  we  adoring  ftand, 
Sion,  the  glory  of  the  earth, 
and  bsauty  of  the  land  ! 

2  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 
the  city  where  we  dwell ; 

The  walls  of  ftrong  falvation  made,      < 
defy  th'  afTaults  of  hell. 

3  Lift  up  the  everlafcing  gates, 
the  doors  wide  open  fling  5 

Enter  ye  nations  that  obey 
the  ftatutes  of  our  King. 

4  Here  fhall  you  tafte  unmingled  joys, . 
and -live  in  perfect  peace  \ 

You  that  have  known  Jehovah's  name,, 
and  venturd  on  his  grace. 

5  Truft  in  the  Lord,  for  ever  truft, 
and  banifh  all  your  fears  ; 

Strength  in  the  Lord,  Jehovah  dwells^/ 
eternal  as  his  years. 

H  Y  M  N      IV. 

Ifa.  Iv.  1,  2.  Zee.  xhi.  1.  Mic.  vii.   10,  &c, 
1  TN  vain  we  lavifh  out  our  lives 

jt   to  gather  empty  wind, 
The  choiceft  bleiEngs  earth  can  yield  • 
will  ftarve  a  hungry  mind. 

A.J  2  Gome 


6  HYMN    to. 

2  Come,  and  the  Lord  (hall  feed  our  fouls 
with  more  fubftantial  meat : 

With  fuch  as  faints  in  glory  love, 
with  fuch  as  angels  eat. 

3  Our  God  will  every  want  fupply, 
and  nil  our  hearts  with  peace  ; 

He  gives  by  covenant  and  by  oath 
the  riches  of  his  grace. 

4  Come,  and  he'iicleanfe  our  fpotted  fouls- 

and  wafh  away  our  flains 
In  the  dear  fountain  that  his  Son 
pourM  from  his  dying  veins. 

5  Our  guilt  fhall  vanifh  all  away, 
tho*  black  as  hell  before; 

Our  fins  {hail  link  beneath  the  fea, 
and  fhail  be  found  no  more 

6  4nd  left  pollution  fhould  o'erfpread 
our  inward  pow'rs  again, 

His  ipiiit  fhall  bedew  our  fouls  « 
like  purifying  rain. 

7  Our  heart,  that  flinty  ftubborn  thing, 
that  terrors  cannot  move, 

That  fears  no  threat'nings  of  his  wrath, 
flmli  be  diffolv'd  by  love. 

8  Or  he  can  take  the  flint  away, 
that  would  not  be  refin'd, 

And  from  tbe  ticafures  of  his  grace 
beftow  a  fofter  mind. 

o  There  fhall  his  facred  fpirit  dwell, 

and  deep  engrave  his  law, 
And  ev'ry  motion  of  our  fouls 

to  iwift  obedience  draw. 

io  Thus 


HYMN    iv.  v. 

10  Thus  will  he  pour  falvation  down, 

and  we  fhall  render  praife  ; 
We,  the  dear  people  of  his  love,. 

and  he  our  God  of  grace. 

HYMN     %t 

Ifa.  lii.  7,8,  9,  io.  Matt.  xiii.  16,  17 

1 T    1"  OW  beauteous  arc  their  feet 

j^  who  ftand  on  Sion's  hill, 
Who  bring  falvation  on  their  tongues, 
and  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 
how  fweet  the  tidings  are  ! 

«*  Sion  behold  thy  faviour  kingf 
M  he  re^ns  and  triumphs  here.'* 

3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
that  hear  this  joyful  found, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
and  fought  but  never  found  ! 

4  How  bleffed  are  our  eyes, 
that  fee  this  heav'nly  light ; 

Prophets  and  kings  defir'd  it  long, 
but  dy'd  without  the  fight  S 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
and  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerufalem  breaks  forth  with  fongs, 

and  defarts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 

through  all  the  earth  abroad  ; 
Let  evVy  nation  now  behold 

Their  Saviour  and  their  God* 


HYMN 


S  H    Y    M    N    vi,  vii. 

H  Y  M  K    VI. 
ift  Pet.  i.   3,  4,  5. 

1  "O  Left  be  the  everlafting  God, 
J(3   ^e  Father  of  our  Lord  •, 

Be  his  abounding  mercy  prais'd, 
his  majefty  ador'd. 

2  When  from  the  dead  he  rais'd  his  Son, 
and  callM  him  to  the  iky, 

He  gave  our  fouls  a  lively  hope 
that  they  fhould  never  die. 

3  "What  though  our  inbred  fins  require 
our  fiefh  to  fee  the  duft, 

Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe, 
fo  all  his  follVers  muft. 

4  There's  an  inheritance  divine 
referv'd  againft  that  day, 

?Tis  uncorrupted,  undefH'd, 
and  cannot  wafte  away. 

5  Saints  by  the  pow'r  of  God  are  kept* 
'till  the  falvation  come  ; 

We  walk  by  faith  as  ftrangers  here, 
'till  Chrifl  lhail  call  us  home. 

HYMN    VII. 

Ifa.  xxvi.  8 20. 

iTN  thine  own  ways,  O  God  of  love^ 

We  wait  the  vifits  of  thy  grace  j 
Our  foul's  defire  is  to  thy  name, 
And  the  remembrance  of  thy  face. 
2  My  tho'ts  are  fearching,  Lord,  for  thee 
Amongft  the  fhades  of  lonefome  night; 
My  came  ft  pray'rs  afcend  the  ikies 
Before  the  dawn  reftores  the  light. 

3  Look 


K    Y    M    N     vii,  viix.  9 

3  Look  bow  rebellious  men  deride 
The  tender  patience  of  my  God  ; 
But  they  fhal^  fee  thy  lifted  hand, 
And  feel  the  fcourges  of  thy  rod. 

4  Hark  !   the  Eternal  rends  the  fky., 
A  mighty  voice  before  him  goes, 
A  voice  of  mufic  to  his  friends, 
But  threat  ning  tbunder  to,  his  foes. 

5  Come,  children,  to  your  Father's  armji 
Hide  in  the  chambers  of  my  grace, 
?Till  the  fierce  ftorms  be  overblown, 
And  my  revenging  fury  ceafe. 

HYMN   VIII. 

Ifa.  xl.  27,  28,  29,  30. 

W Hence  do  our  mournful  tho'ts  arife  f 
and  where's  our  courage,  fled  ? 
Has  rertlefii  fin  and  raging  hell 
ftruck  all.  our  comforts  dead  ? 

2  Have  we  forgot  th*  almighty  name 
that  form'd  the  earth  and  ica  S 

And  can  an  all-creating  arm 
grow  weary  or  decay. 

3  Treafures  of  everiafting  might 
In  our  Jehov;ih  dwell ; 

He  gives  the  conqueft  to  the  weak, 
and  treads  their  foes  to  hell. 

4  Mere  mortal  pow'r  mall  fade  and  dk3. 
and  youthful  vigour  ceaie, 

But  we  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 
ifiall  feel  our  ftrength  increafe,. 


H    Y    M    N     viii,  ix". 

5  The  faints  fliall  mount  on  eagle's  wing.7 
and  tafte  the  promised  blifs, 

Till  their  unwearied  feet  arrive- 
where  perfect  pleafure  is. 

H  Y  M  1ST   IX. 

Ifa.  xlix.     13,   r4,  8cc 

1  T^TOW  fliall  my  inward  joy  arifey 
J^    and  burft  into  a  fong  ; 

Almighty  love  infpires  my  heart, 
and  pleafure  tunes  my  tongue. 

2  God  on  his  thirfty  Sion-hill 
fome  mercy  drops  has  thrown, 

And  folemn  oaths  have 'bound  his  love 
to  fhow'r  falvation  down. 


5  Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  Fears, 
'  fufpicions  and  complaints  \ 
Is  he  a  God,  and  lhall  his  grace 
-r  weary  of  his  faints  ? 

4  Can  a  kind  woman  e'er  forget 
the  infant  of  her  womb, 

Among  athoufand  tender  thoughts 
her  fuckling  have  no  room  ? 

5  "  Yet,    faith  the  Lord,   fhould   nature 

change, 
"  and  mothers  monfters  prove, 
"  Sion  ftill  dwells  upon  the  heart 
"  of  everlafting  love. 

6  "  Deep  on  the  palms  cf  both  my  ha 
"  i  have  engrav'd  her  name  -, 

li  My  hands  fliall  raife  her  ruin'd  w 
M  and  build  her  broken  frame." 

ilYM 


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H  Y  M  N    X. 

Rev.   vii.    13,    &c. 

p  *T~^  H  E  S  E  glorious,  minds  how  bright 
they  fhme, 

whence  all  their  white  array  r  • 
How  come  they  to  the  happy  ieats 

of  everlafting  day? 
(2  From  tort^ing  pains  to  endlefs  joys 

on  fiery  wheels  they  rode, 
And  ftrangely  wafh'd  their  raiment  white 

in  Jefus'  dying  blood. 

■3  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlefs  God, 

and  bow  before  his  throne, 
Their  warbling  harps  and  facred  fongs 

adore  the. holy  One. 
4  The  unveil'd  glories  of  his  fac. 

amongit  his  faints  reiide, 
While  the  rich  treafure  of  his  grace, 

fees  all  their  wants  fupply'd. 

,5  Tormenting  thirft  fhall  leave  their  fouls 

and  hunger  flee  as  faft ; 
The  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 

fhall  be  their  fweet  repaft. 
6  The  Lamb  fhall  lead  his  heavenly  floclsj 

where  living  fountains  rife, 
And  love  divine  (hall  wipe  away 

the  forrows  of  their  eyes. 

HYMN    xi. 
Rev.  xv.   3,    &c. 


I  Mofes  and  the  Lamb, 

2  Great 


12  HYMN    xi, 


Xll, 


2  Great  God,  how  wond'rousare  thy  worts 
of  vengeance  and  of  grace  ! 

Thou  King  of  faints,  almighty  Lord, 
how  juft  and  true  thy  ways  ! 

3  Who  dares  refufe  to  fear  thy  name, 
or  worfliip  at  thy  throne  ? 

Thy  judgments  fpeak  thine  holinefs 
through  all  the  nations  known. 

II  Y  M  N   XII. 
John  xvi.  1 6.    Luke  xxii.  19.   John  xiv.  3, 

1  T  ESUS  is  gone  above  the  Ikies, 

J    Where  our  weak  tenfes  reach  him  not, 
And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes 
To  thruft  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2  He  knows  what  wand'ring  hearts  we  have, 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face, 

And  to  refrefh  our  minds  he  gave 
Thefe  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  of  life  this  table  fpread 
With  his  own  flefh  and  dying  blood ; 
We  on  the  rich  provifion  feed, 

And  tafte  the  wine,  and  blefs  our  God, 

4  Let  finful  fweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  lefs  in  our  efleem ; 
Chi  ift  and  his  love  fill  ev'ry  thoughx, 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5  While  he  is  abfent  from  our  fight, 
'Is  to  prepare  our  fouls  a  place, 
That  we  may  dwell  in  heavily  light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  face. 

6  Our 


HYMN    xii,  xiii.  .13 

&  Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  hills, 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  fhall  come  ■$ 
We  wait  thy  chariot's  awful  wheels 
To  fetch  our  longing  fpirits  home. 

HYMN    XIII. 

Luke  xiv.   17 9  22,  230 

1  '"     I°OW  fweet  and  awful  is  the  place 
X"X  with  Chrift  wkhin  the  doors, 

While  everlafting  love  difplays 
the  choiceft  of  her  ftores  ! 

2  Here  ev'ry  bowel  of  our  God 
with  foft  compafli^n  rolls, 

Here  peace  and  pardon  bought  with  bl    J^ 
is  food  for  dying  fouls. 

3  While  all  our  hearts,  and  all  our  fcngs, 
join  to  admire  the  feaft. 

Each  of  us  cry  with  thankful  tongues, 
"  Lord,  why  was  I  a  gueft  ? 

4  "  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 
"  and  enter  while  there's  room  * 

€(  When  thoufands  make  a  wretched  choice, 
"  and  rather  ftarve  than  come  ?" 

5  Twas  the  fame  love  that  fpread  the  fea$ 
that  fweetly  fore'd  us  in, 

jElfe  we  had  ftill  refus'd  to  tafte, 
and  perifh'd  in  our  fin. 

6  Pity  the  nations,  O  our  God, 
conftrain  the  earth  to  come ; 

Send  thy  victorious  word  abrbad, 
and  bring  the  grangers  home, 


14         HYMN     xiii,  xl v,  ^cr, 

7  We*long  to  fee  thy  churches  full, 

that  all  the  chofen  race, 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  foul, 

fing  thy  redeeming  grace. 

HYMN    XIV. 
Solomon's  Song  i.  7. 

i'TT^Hou  whom  my  foul  admires  above 

1       All  earthly  joys  and  earthly  love, 
Tell  me  dear  fhepherd,  let  me  know 
"Where  doth  thy  iweeteft  pafture  grow  ? 

2  Where  is  the  fhadow  of  that  rock, 
That  from  the  fun  defends  thy  flock? 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  thy  fheep, 
Among  them  reft,  among  them  fleep. 

3  Why  fhould  thy  bride  appear  like  one 
That  turns  afide  to  paths  unknown? 
My  conftant  feet  would  never  rove, 
Would  never  feek  another  love. 

4  The  footfteps  of  thy  flock  I  fee; 
Thy  fweeteft  paftures  here  they  be  ; 

A  wondrous  feaft  thy  love  prepares,  [tears. 
Bought  with  thy  wounds,   and  groans  and 

5  His  deareft  flefh  he  makes  my  food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  richeft  blood  : 
Here  to  thefe  hills  my  foul  will  come, 
Till  my  beloved  lead  me  home. 

HYMN    XV. 

Solomon's  Song  ii   8.  9,  10,  11,  12,  13. 
ir  I  ^HE  voice  of  my  beloved  founds 

I       Over  the  rocks  and  riling  grounds; 
Or;r  hiils  of  guilt,  and  feas  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  flies  to  my  relief. 

7,  Now 


H   Y    M   N    xv,  xvi.  15 

2  Now  thro'  the  veil  of  flefh  I  fee 
With  eyes  of  love  he  looks  at  me ; 
Now  in  the  gofpel's  cleared  glafs 
He  fhows  the  beauties  of  his  face. 

3  Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along, 
Both  with  his  beauties  and  his  tongue : 

?*  Rife,"  fanth  my  Lord, "  make  hafte  away> 
«*  No  mortal  joys  are  worth  thy  flay* 

4  "  The  Jewiih?  wintry  ftate  is  gone, 

*c  The  mifts  are  fled,  the  fpring  comes  oe* 
**  The  facred  turtle-dove  we  hear 
•'  Proclaim  the  new,  the  joyful  year, 

5  "  Th'  immortal  vine  of  heav'nly  root^ 

<{  Bloflbms  and  buds,  and  gives  her  fruit.** 
Lo,  we  are  come  to  tafte  the  wine : 
Our  fouls  rejoice  and  blefs  the  vine. 

6  And  when  we  hear  our  Jefus  fay, 

"  Rife  up  my  love,  make  hafte  away  \n 
Our  hearts  would  fain  out-fly  the  wind^ 
And  leave  all  earthly  loves  behind, 

HYMN      XVI. 
Solomon's  Song  iii.  2,  11.    .  ■ 

1  "|~^\  Aughters  of  Sion,  come,  behold 
JkJ  the  crown  of  honour  and  of  gold, 

"Which  the  glad  church  with  joys  unknown 
Plac'd  on  the  head  of  Solomon. 

2  Jcfus,  thou  everlafting  King. 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  : 
Accept  the  well-deferv'd  renown, 
And  wear  our  praiies  as  thy  crown. 

3  Let  ev'ry  act  of  worfhip  be 
Like  our  elpoufals,  Lord,  to  thee  5 

B  2  Like 


t6  HYMN    xvi,  xviL 

Like  the  dear  hour  when  from  above 
We  firft  receiv'd  thy  pledge  of  love. 

4  The  gladnefs  of  that  happy  day, 
Oar  hearts  would  wiih  k  long  to  ftay; 
•Nor  let  our  faith  for  fake  its  hold, 
Nor  comfort  fink,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

5  Still  may  each  minute  as  it  flies, 
Increafe  thy  praife,   improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  are  rais'd  to  ling  thy  name 
At  the  great  fupper  of  the  Lamb. 

6  O  that  the  month?  would  roll  away, 
And  bring  that  coronation-day} 

The  King  of  grace  fhali  fill  the  throne 
With  ail  his  Father's  glories  on. 

HYMN    XVII. 

Ifa.  lvii.    15,  16. 

inMHUS  faith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 

-    1       "  I  fit  upon  my  holy  throne  : 
w  My  name  is  God,  I  dwell  on  high  : 
c<  Dwell  in  my  own  eternity. 
2,  <*  But  I  delcend  to  worlds  below, 
*(  On  earth  I  have  a  manfion  too  j 
u  The  humble  fpirit  and  contrite 
"  Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

3  "  The  humble  foul  my  words  revive, 
'*  I  bid  the  mourning  finner  live  ; 

(f  Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find, 
iS  And  eafe  the  forrows  of  the  mind. 

4  (i  When  I  contend  againft  their  fin, 

•*  I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been  5 
•«  But  fhould  my  wrath  forever  ftnoke, 
u  Their  fouls  would  fink  beacathmyftroke* 

50 


HYMN     xvii,  xviii.  17 

5  O  may  thy  pard'ning  grace  be  nigh, 
Left  we  mould  faint,  defpairand  die  ! 
Thus  m all  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chaft'ning  love, 

HYMN    XVIII. 

Matt,  v.  3 12. 

1  "O  LEST  are  the  humble  fouls  that  fee 
JL)   Their  emptinefs  and  poverty  3 

Treaiures  of  grace  to  them  are  giv'n, 
And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heav'n. 

2  Bleft  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 
Who  mourn  for  fin  with  inward  fmai 
The  blood  of  Chrift  divinely  flows 
A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes, 

3  Bleft  are  the  meek,  who  ftand  afar 
From  rage  and  paffion,  noife  and  w.ir  * 
Godwill  fecure  their  happy  ftate, 
And  plead  their  caufe  againft  the  great* 

4  Bleft  are  the  fouls  that  thirft  for  grace, 
Hunger  and  long  for  righteoufnefs  j 
They  fhall  be  well  fuppjy'd  and  fed 
With  living  ft  reams  and  living  bread. 

5  Bleft  are  the  men  whofe  bowels  move 
And  melt  with  fympathy  and  love; 
From  Chrift  the  Lord  they  fhall  obtain 
Like  fympathy  and  love  again: 

6  Bicii  are  the  pure,  whofe  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  pow'rs  of  fin; 

With  endlefs  pleasures  they  {hall  fee 
A  God  of  fpotlefs  purity, 

7  Bleft  are  the  men  of  peaceful 

Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  ftrife  % 
B.3  The7 


1 8       HYMN     xvlir,   xix,  XX 

They  fhall  be  call'd  the  heirs  of  blifs, 
The  ions  of  God,  the  God  of  peace* 
8   Bleft  are  the  fufF'rers  who  partake 
Of  pain  and  ihame  for  Jeius'  lake  •, 
Their  fouls  fhall  triumph  in  the  Lord> 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 

HYMN    XIX. 

2d  Tim.  i.  12. 

1  "  ["  'M  not  afham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 
JL    or  to  defend  his  caufe, 

Mai  tain  the  honour  of  his  word, 
the  glory  of  his  crofs. 

2  Jef$s,  my  God  !  I  know  his  name, 
his  name  is  all  my  truft  ; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  foul  to  fhame, 
nor  let  my  hope  be  loft. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promife  (lands, 
and  he  can  wdl  iecure 

What  Pve  committed  to  his  hands, 
till  the  decilive  hour. 

4  r\  hen  will  he  own  my  worthlefs  nams 

before  his  Father's  face, 

And  in  the  nev/  Jeruialem 

appoint  my  foul  a  place. 

HYMN    XX. 

2d  Cor.  i.  5 8.  ^ 

l^npiHere  is  a  houfe  not  made  with  hands, 

j       eternal  and  o.i  high, 
And  here  my  fpi;:r  waiting  ftands 

till  God  fhall  bid  it  liy. 
2  Shortly  this  prifon  of  my  clay 

nni-t  fee  dififolv'd  and  fail; 
Th«  n.   O  my  foul,  with  joy  obey 

thy  heav'nly  Father's  call.  3  Tis 


„ 


Y   M   N   xx,  xxi.  tg 


3  Tis  he  by  his  almighty  grace 
that  forms  thee  fit  for  hcav'n, 

And  as  an  earneft  of  the  place 
has  his  own  fpirit  giv'n. 

4  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come, 
faith  lives  upon  his  word  ; 

But  while  the  body  is  our  home 
we're  abfent  from  the  Lord. 

5  Tis  pleafant  to  believe  thy  grace 
but  we  had  rather  fee  \ 

We  would  be  abfent  from  the  flcfh  N 
and  prefent,  Lord,  with  thee, 

HYMN    XXI. 
Matt,  x:\ii.  37 40. 

THus  faith  the  firft,  the  great  command, 
"  Let  all  thy  inward  pow'rs  unite 
«'   To  loye  thy  Maker,  and  thy  God, 
*'  With  utmoft  vigour  and  delight. 
1  M  Then  mail  thy  neighbour  next  in  place 
"  Share  thine  affections  and  efteem, 
"   And  let  thy  kindnefs  to  thyfelf 
*'  Meafure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him." 

•  3  This  is  the  fenfe  that  Mofes  fpoke, 
This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove  % 
For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke, 
And  the  whole  law's  fulfilled  by  love. 
4  But  Ol  how  bale  our  pafhons  are  ! 
How  cold  our  charity  and  zeal  1 
Lord,  fill  our  fouls  with  heav  nly  fire. 
Or  we  fjiall  ne'er  perform  thy  wilL 

HYMN 


so  HYMN     xxii,  xxiii. 

HYMN    xxii. 

Matt.    xi.    28' 30. 

1  " f^\  OME  hi-  her  ail  you  weary  fouls, 

%^    <?  ye  heavy  laden  iinners  come, 
*(  I'll  give  you  reft  from  ail  your  toils, 
"  And  raife  you  to  my  heav  nly  home. 

2  "  They  fhall  find  reft  that  learn  of  me  j 
<{  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind ; 

•'   But  paiiion  rages  like  the  fea, 
*(  And  pride  is  leftiefs  as  the  mod. 

3  "  Blefs'd  is  the  man  whofe  fhoulders  take 
*'  My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight ; 

««  My  yoke  is  eafy  to  his  neck, 

*s  My  grace  fhall  make  the  burden  light.9* 

4  Jefus,  we  come,  at  thy  command, 
With  faith  and  hope,  and  humble  zeal, 
Keflgn  our  f'pii  its  to  thy  hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  will* 

HYMN     xxiii, 

Luke  i.  68,  Sec. 

iVTOW  bleft  be  IiVel's  Lord  and  God,. 

jj>J    whofe  mercy  at  our  need 
Has  vifited  his  people's  grief, 
and  them  from  bondage  freed  : 

2  And  rais'd  in  faithful  David's  houfs 
falvation  which  of  old, 

E'er  fmce  the  world  itfelf  began, 
Ids  prophets  had  foretold. 

3  To  fave  us  from  our  fpiteful  foes, 
and  keep  his  oath  in  mind, 

Which  he  to  Abr'am  heretofore, 
and  to  our  fathers  HgnM. 

4  That 


HYMN    xxiii,  xxiv.  21 

4  That  we  from  fear  and  danger  freed, 
his  temple  may  frequent  ; 

And  all  our  days,  as  in  his  fight, 
in  holy  life  be  fpent. 

5  And  thou,  O  child,  fhalt  then  be  call'd 
God's  prophet  to  declare 

His  mefiage,  and  before  his  face 
his  paiFage  to  prepare. 

6  To  give  them  light  who  now  in ''(hades 
of  night  and  death  abide : 

And  in  the  way  that  leads  to  peace 
our  footfteps  fafely  guide. 

HYMN    XXIV. 

Luke  i.  46,  &c. 

1   "ji  If  Y  foul  and  fpirit  fill'd  with  joy„ 

X V A   mv  G°d  and  Saviour  praife  ; 
Whole  goodnefs  did  from  poor  eftate 

his  humble  hand-maid  raife. 
1  Me  bleft  of  God,  the  God  of  pow'r, 

all  ages  fliall  confefs, 
Whofe  name  is  holy,  and  whofe  love 

his  faints  lhail  ever  blefs. 

3  The  proud,  and  all  their  vain  defigns, 
he  quickly  did  confound  : 

He  caft  the  mighty  from  their  feat, 
the  meek  and  humble  crown'd. 

4  The  hungry  with  good  things  are  fill'd  * 
the  rich  with  hunger  pin'd  : 

He  fent  his  fervant  Ifr'el  help, 
and  call'd  his  love  to  mind ; 

5  Which  to  our  fathers  heretofore, 
by  oath  he  did  infure ; 

To  Abr'am  and  his  chofen  feed, 
for  ever  to  endure.  HYMM 


22  II    Y    M    N    xxv,  xxvi. 

*     Hymn  xxv. 

Luke  iflj  29. 

1  I       ORD,  let  thy  fervant  now  depart 
I   j    into  thy  promis'd  reftj 

Since  my  expecting  eyes-  have  been 
with  thy  falvation  bleft  : 

2  Which,  'till  this  time,  thy  favqur'd  faints> 
and  prophets,  only  knew, 

Long  fince  prepar'd,  but  now  fet  forth 
in  all  the  people's  view. 

3  A  light  to  fhew  the  heathen  world 
the  way  to  faving  grace  : 

Bur  O  !  the  light  and  glory  both 
of  Ifr'el's  chofen  race. 

HYMN    XXVL 

Lukeii.  8 — ; — 15. 

1  "T"YT*HILE    (hepherds    watch  their 

\\  flocks  by  night 

all  fr.ated  on  the  ground, 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
anH  glory  fhone  around. 

2  "  Fc^r  not,  faid  he  (for  mighty  dread 
"  had  feiz'd  their  troubled  mind  :) 
Glad-tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 
"  to  you  and  aU  mankind. 


-»' 


3  **  ro  you  in  David's  town,  this  d?y 

"  is  born  of  David's  line 
ft  The  Saviour,  who  is  Chrifl  the  Lord  ;;i 

<-'  And  thia  fhall  be  the  Llgn  ^ 

4  The 


HYMN    xxvi,  xxvil.  23 

4  *c  The  heav'nly  babe  you  there  fhall  find 

"  to  human  view  diiplay'd, 
u  All  meanly  wrapt  in  fwathing  bands, 

"  and  in  a  manger  laid." 

5  Thus  fpake  the  feraph,  and  forthwitli 
appear'd  a  fhining  throng 

I  Of  angels,  pr&iftng  God,  and  thus 
addrefs'd  their  joyful  fong  : 

6  *'  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high  5 
"  and  to  the  earth  be  peace; 

€<  Good-will  henceforth  from  heav'n  to  mer^ 
*f  begin  and  never  ceafe." 

HYMN    XXVII. 
ift  Cor  r.  7.0     Rom.  6,  9,  &c, 

2  ^niNCE  Chrift  our .paflbver  is  {lain 

J^    a  facrifice  for  all ; 
Let  all  with  thankful  hearts  agree 

to  keep  the  feftival ; 

2  Not  with  the  leaven,  as  of  old., 
of  (in  and  malice  fed  ; 

But  with  unfeign'd  fincerity, 
and  truth's  unlea^en'd  bread. 

3  Chrift  being  rais'd  by  pow'r  divine, 
and  refcu'd  from  the  grave, 

Shall  die  no  more,  death  fhall  on  him 
no  more  dominion  have  ; 

4  For  that  he  dy'd,  'twas  for  our  fins 
heonce  vouchfaf'd  to  die, 

But  that  he  lives,  he  lives  to  God, 
for  all  eternity. 

5  So 


24  HYMN     xxvii,  xxviii. 

5  So  count  yourfelves  as  dead  to  fin, 

but  giacioufly  reftor'd, 
And  made  henceforth  alive  to  God, 

through  Jefus  Chrift  our  Lord. 

HYMN    XXVJIL 

i/^V  GOD  we  praife  thee,  and  confefe, 

\^J     that  thou  the  only  Lord, 
And  everlafting  Father  art, 
by  all  the  earth  ador'd. 

2  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud, 
to  thee  the  pow'rs  on  high, 

Both  cherubim  and  feraphim, 
continually  do  cry. 

3  O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
whom  heav'nly  hofts  obey  ; 

The  world  is  with  the  glory  filltt 
of  thy  majeftic  fway. 

4  Th'  apoftles  glorious  company, 
and  prophets  crown'd  with  light, 

With  all  the  martyrs  noble  hoft, 
thy  conftant  praife  recite. 

5  Thy  holy  church  throughout  the  world> 
O  Lord,  confefles  thee, 

That  thou,  eternal  Father  art 
of  boundlefs  majefty  : 

6  Thy  honoured  true  and  only  Son, 
and  holy  Ghoft  the  fpring 

Of  never-ceafing  joy,  O  Chrift, 
of  glory  thou  art  King. 


7  The  Father's  everlafting  Son, 
thou  from  on  high  didft  come 


To 


HYMN    xxv Hi,  xxix.        4, 

1*©  "fave  mankind,  and  did'ft  not  then 
difdam  the  virgin's  womb, 

8  And  having  overcome  the  fling 
of  death,  tkou~open'ft  wide 

The  gates  of  heav'n  to  all,  who  firm 
in  thy  relief  abide. 

PAKT   IT. 

9  Crown'd  with  the  Father's  glory  thou 
at  God's  right  hand  do'ft  lit ; 

Whence  thou  fhalt  come  to  be  our  Judge,, 
to  fentence  or  acquit. 

I  o  O  therefore  fave  thy  fervants,  Lord* 

whofe  fouls  fo  dearly  coft ; 
Nor  let  the  purchafe  of  thy  blood, 
thy  precious  blood,  be  loft. 

I I  We  magnify  thee  day  by  day ; 
and  ever  worfhip  thee, 

Vouchfafe  to  keep  us,  Lord,  this  day 
from  fin  and  danger  free. 

1 2  Have  mercy,  mercy,  on  us,  Lord ! 
to  us  thy  grace  extend, 

According  as  for  mercy  we 
on. thee  alone  depend, 

1 3  In  thee  I  have  reposM  my  truft, 
and  ever  fhail  do  fo  ; 

Preferve  me  then  from  ruin  here, 
and  from  eternal  woe. 


T 


HYMN    XXIX, 

Rev.  iv.  ii.  and  v.  9.  Sec, 

Hou  God,  all  glory,  honour,  powV 
art  worthy  to  receive  : 

C  Since 


a<5  HYMN    xxix,  xxx. 

Since  all  things  by  thy  pow'r  were  made,, 
and  by  thy  bounty  live. 

2  And  worthy  is  the  Lamb  all  pow'r, 
honour  and  wealth  to  gain, 

Glory  and  ftrength,  who  for  our  fins 
A  facrifice  was  flain. 

3  All  worthy  thou,  who  haft  redeem'd, 
and  ranfom'd  us  to  God, 

From  ev'ry  nation,  e.vYy  coaft, 
by  thy  moft  precious  blood. 

4  Bleffings  and  honour,  glory,  pow'r, 
by  all  in  earth  and  heav'n» 

To  him  that  iits  upon  the  throne, 
and  to  the  Lamb,  be  giv'n. 

HYMN    XXX. 
Rev.  xix.  5,  &c. 

1  A    LL  ye  who  faithful  fervants  are 
JT3^   of  our  almighty  King, 

Both  high  and  low,  and  fmall  and  great 
his  praife  devoutly  fing. 

2  Let  us  rejoice,  and  render  thanks 
to  his  moft  holy  name  ; 

Rejoice,  rejoice,  for  now  is  come 
the  marriage  of  the  Lamb. 

3  His  bride  herfelf  has  ready  made,, 
how  pure  and  white  her  drefs> 

"Which  is  the  faints  integrity 
and  fpotlefs  holinsfs. 

4  O  therefore  bleft  is  ev'ry  one, 
who  to  the  marriage  feaft, 

And  holy  fupper  of  the  Lamb 
if;  cali'd  a  welcome  gufift, 

HYMN 


HYMN    xxxi,  xxxii.         2f 

HYMN    XXXI, 

Matt.  vi.  9.  &c. 
s^\IJR  Father,  who  in  heaven  art, 

\_Jf  all  hallow'd  be  thy  name  ; 
Thy  kingdom  come  •,  thy  will  be  done, 
throughout  this  earthly  frame. 

2  As  chearfully  as  tis  with  thofe 
who  dwell  with  thee  on  high ; 

Lord,  let  thy  bounty  day  by  day 
our  daily  food  fupply ; 

3  As  we  forgive  our  enemies, 
thy  pardon,  Lord,  we  crave  $ 

Into  temptation  lead  us  not, 
but  us  from  evil  fave. 

4  For  kingdom,  pow'r  and  glory  all 
belong,  O  Lord,  to  thee  ; 

Thine  from  eternity  they  were, 
and  thine  fhall  ever  be. 

HYMN    XXXII. 


CHrift  fror 
the  firft 


ift  Cor.  xv;  20,  21.  Colof.  in.  1, 

from  the  dead  is  rais'd  and  made 
fruits  of  the  tomb , 
For,  as  by  man  came  death,  by  man 
did  refurrection  come. 

2  For,  as  in  Adam  all  mankind 
did  guilt  and  death  derive  *, 

So,  by  the  righteoufhefs  of  Chrifr, 
fhall  all  be  made  alive. 

3  If  then  ye  rifen  are  wirh  Chrift, 
leek  only  how  to  get 

The  things  that  are  above,  where  Chrift 
at  God's  right  hand  is  fet. 

C2  HYMN 


*f  HYMN    xxxiii. 

H  Y  M  N     XXXIII. 
Another  verfion  of  Luke  ii.  8,  &c. 

1  "  O  Hepherds,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes* 
"  k3    anc^  ftm'  your  fears  away : 

"  News  from  the  regions  of  the  fkies, 
"  Salvation's  born  to  day. 

2  "  Jefus,  the  God  whom  angels  fear, 
"  comes  down  to  dwell  with  you  : 

<(  To-day  he  makes  his  entrance  here 
i(  but  not  as  monarchs  do, 

3  No  gold  nor  purple  fwadhng  bands,. 
**   nor  royal  mining  things  ; 

*'  A  manger  for  his  cradle  frauds, 
"  and  holds  the  King  of  kings. 

4  "  Go,  fhepherds,  where  the  infant  lies,, 
t€  and  fee  his  humble  throne  ; 

ss  With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 
"  go  fhepherds,  kifs  the  Son." 

5  Thus  Gabriel  fang,  and  ftrait  around 
the  heavenly  armies  throng, 

They  tune  their  harps  to  lofty  found, 
and  thus  conclude  the  fong  : 

6  "  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 
w  let  peace  furround  the  earth^ 

€(  Mortals  fhali  know  their  Makers  love,. 
(t  at  their  Redeemers  birth." 

7  Lord !  and  mail  aDgels  have  their  fongs* 

and'men  no  tunes  to  raife  ? 
O  may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  tongues 
when  they  forget  to  praife ! 

8  Glory  to  God  tkat  reigns  above, 
that  pitied  us  forlorn, 

"We  join  to  fing  our  Maker's  love, 
for  there's  a  Saviour  born, 

HYMM' 


HYMN    xxxiv.  29 

HYMN    XXXIV, 
Ecc.  xii.  1,  &c. 

1  f^i  Hildren,  to  your  Creator,  Godj> 
\_^4   your  earlier  honours  pay, 

While  vanity  and  youthful  blood 
would  tempt  your  thoughts  aftrar* 

2  The  memory  of  his  mighty  name, 
demands  your  fir  ft  regard  * 

Nor  dare  indulge  a  meaner  flame,. 
till  you  have  lov'd  the  Lord. 

3  Be  wife,  and  make  his  favour  fure 
before  the  mournful  days, 

When  youth  and  mirth  are  known  no  msre, 
and  life  and  ftrength  decays. 

4  No  more  the  bleffings  of  a  feaft 
fhail  relilh  on  the  tongue, 

The  heavy  ear  forgets  the  tafte 
and  pleafure  of  a  fong. 

5.  Old  age,  with  all  her  difmaltrain, 

invades  your  golden  years 
With  fighs,  and  groans,  and  raging  pain* 

and  death  that  never  fpares. 

6  What  will  you  do  when  light  departs, 
and  leaves  your  withering  eyes, 

Without  one  beam  to  chear  your  hearts, 
from  the  fuperior  ikies  ? 

7  How  will  you  meet  God's  frowning  brow^ 
or  {fond  before  his  feat, 

Wh*I«  nature's  old  fupporters  bow, 
nor  bear  their  tott'ring  weight  ? 

&  Can  you- expect  your  feeble  arms 
fhali  make  a  flrong  defence, 

When  death,  with  terrible  alarms, 
fummons  the  pris'ner  hence  I: 

C  3  9  The-. 


3©        HYMN    xxxiv,  xxxv, 

9  The  filver  bands  of  nature  bur£, 
and  let  the  building  fall ; 

The  flefh  goes  down  to  mix  with  duft, 
its  vile  original. 

10  Laden  with  guilt  (a  heavy  load) 
uncleans'd  and  unforgiv'n, 

The  foul  returns  t*  an  angry  God, 
to  bs  fliut  out  from  heav'n. 

HYMN    XXXV. 


Job  i.  21. 

;   TVT  AKED  as  from  the  earth  we  came, 
JJ^     and  crept  to  life  at  firfl, 

We  co  the  earth  return  again, 
and  mingle  with  our  duft. 

2  The  dear  delights  we  here  enjoy, 
and  fondly  call  our  own, 

Are  but  fhort  favours  borr.ow'd  now, 
to  be  repay'd  anon. 

3  *Tis  God  that  lifts  our  comforts  high, 
or  links  them  in  the  grave, 

lie  gives  (and  blefl'ed  be  his  name) 
*    he  takes  but  what  he  gave. 

4  Peace,  all  our  angry  pailions  then, 
let  each  rebellious  figh, 

Be  fileht  at  his  fovereign  will, 
and  ev'ry  murmur  die 

5  If  fmiling  mercy  crown  our  lives, 
it's  praifes  (hall  be  fpread, 

And  \  e'll  adore  the  juftice  too 
that  ftrikes  our  comforts  dead. 

htm* 


g.-Y    M    N    xxxvi,  xxxvii. 
'    HYMN    XXXVI. 

Rom.   viiL  33.  Sic. 

WHO  fhall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  ,.■ 
Tis  God  that  juftifies  their  fouls, 
And  mercy  like  a  mighty  ftream, 
O'er  all' their  fins  divinely  rolls. 

2  Who  fhall  adjudge  the  faints  to  hell  f 
'lis  Chrift  that  fuffer'd  in  their  ft e ad 5 
And  the  falvation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  riling  from  the  dead. 

3  He  lives  !  he  lives  !  and  fits  abov^ 
Foi  ever  interceeding  there  ; 

Who  fhall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  fhall  tempt  us  to  defpair  ? 

4  Shall  perfecution,  or  diftrefs, 
Famine,  or  fword,  or  nakednefs  ? 
He  that  hath  lov'd  us  bears  us  thro' 

And  makes  us  more  than  conqu'rors  too*. 

>  Faith  hath  an  over-coming  pow'r, 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  •, 
Chrift  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope, 
Nor  can  we  fink  with  fuch  a  prop. 
6  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 
Nor  pow'rs  on  high,  nor  pow'rs  below, 
Shall  caufe  his  mercy  to  remove, 
Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Chrift  our  love, 

H  Y  M  N    XXXVII. 

Pfal.  49.  6>9.   Eccl.  viii.  8.     Job  3.  14,  15; 

iTN  vain  the  wealthy  mortals  toil, 

And  heap  their  mining  duft  in  vain, 
Look  down  and  fcorn  the  humble  poor. 
And  boafi:  their  lofty  hills  afgain, 

2  Their 


£2      HYMN    xxxtu,    xxxvitL 

2  Their  golden  cordials  cannot  eafe 
Their  paintd  hearts  or  aching  heads, 
Nor  fright  nor  bribe  approaching  death 
From  glittering  roofs  and  downy  beds. 

3  The  ling'ring,  the  unwilling  foul 
The  difmal  fummons  muft  obey, 
And  bid  a  long,  a  fad  farewell 
To  the  pale  lump  of  iifeicfs  clay. 

4  Thence  they  are  huddled  to  the  grave, 
Where  kings  and  flives  have  equal  thrones 
Their  bones  without  diftinction  lie 
Amongft  the  heap  of  meaner  bones. 

H    Y    M    N     XXXVIII. 

Rev.  v.  6,  7,  8,  9. 

2     A    LL  mortal  vanities  be  gone, 

jfj^  Nor  tempt  my  eyes  nor  tire  my  ears  ; 
Behold  amidft  th'  eternal  throne 
A  vifiofl  of  the  Lamb  appears. 

2  Glory  his  fleecy  robe  adorn?, 
Mark'd  with  the  bloody  death  he  bore  ♦, 
3ev?n  are  his  eyes,  and  fevn  his  horns, 
Tofpeak  his  wiidom  and 'his  pow'r. 

3  Lp  !  he  receives  a  fealcd  book 
From  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne  *9 
jefus,  my  Lord,  prevails  to  look 

On  dark  decrees,  and  things  unknown. 

4  All  the  aiTembling  faints  around. 
Fall  worshipping  before  the  Lamb, 
And  in  new  fongs  of  gofpel-lound 
Addrefs  their  honours  to  his  nan:e. 

5  The  joy,  die  fhout,  the  harmony, 
Elicso'er  the  evei  lading  hills. 

"  Worthy 


■a 


HYMN    xxxviii,  xxxk.       33 

*f  Worth?  art  thou  alone"  (they  cry) 
"  Ta  read  the  book,  to  looie  the  feats.5' 

6  Our  voices  join  the  heavenly  ftrains 
And  with  tranfporting  pleafure  ring, 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  that  once  was  fiain> 
To  be  our  teacher  and  our  King* 

7  His  words  of  prophecy. reveal 
Eternal  counfels,  deep  defigns  ; 
His  grace  and  vengeance  fhall  fulfil 
The  peaceful  and  the  dreadful  lines. 

8  Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouis  from  heU 
With  thine  invaluable  blood  \ 

And  wretches  that  did  once  rebel. 
Are  now  made  fav'rites  of  their  God* 

9  Worthy  for  ever  is  the  Lord,  / 
That  dy'd  for  treafon  not  his  own, 
By  ev'ry  tongue  to  be  ador'd, 

And  dwell  upon  his  Father's  throne,. 

H    Y    M    N     XXXIX. 
2d  Tim.  iv..  6,  7,  8- 

£T"^VEA.TH  may  diffolve  my  body  nocrj. 

JL#   and  bear  my  fpirit  home  \ 
Why  do  my  minutes  move  fo  flow, 
nor  my  ialvation  come  ? 

2  With  heav'nly  weapons  I  have  fought 
the  battles  of  the  Lord, 

Finifh'd  my  courfe,  and  kept  the  faith* 
and  wait  the  fure  reward. 

3  God  has  laid    p  in  heav5n  for  me 
a  crown  which  cannot  fade  ; 

The  righteous  Judge  at  that  great  day 
fhall  place  it  on  my  head.. 

4  Ncjr- 


34  HYMN    xxxix,  xl. 

4  Nor  hath,  the  King  of  grace  decreed 
this  prize  for  me  alone  ; 

But  all  that  love,  and  long  to  fee 
th'  appearance  of  his  Son. 

5  Jefus,  the  Lord,  fhall  guard  ine  fafe 
from  ev'ry  ill  defign  : 

And  to  his  heav'nly  kingdom  keep 
this  feeble  foul  of  mine. 

6  God  is  my  everlafting  aid, 
and  hell  fhall  rage  in  vain  y 

To  him  be  higheft  glory  paid, 
and  endlefs  praife,  amen. 

H    Y    M    N    XL. 

Ifa.  lxiii.  i,  2,  3,  &c. 

I^TTTH^T  mighty  man,  or  mighty  God> 
\\      comes  travelling  in  ftate, 

Along  the  Idumean  road 
away  from  Bozrah's  gate ! 

2  The  glory  of  his  robes  proclaim 
'tis  feme  victorious  king: 

"  Tis  I  the  juft,  th'  almighty  One 
"  that  your  falvation  bring." 

3  "Why,  mighty  Lord,  thy  faints  enquire, 
why  thine  apparel's  red  ? 

And  all  thy  veflure  ftain'd  iike  thofe 
who  in  the  wine-preis  tread  ? 

4  ««  I  by  myfelf  have  trod  the  prefs, 
t(  and  crufli'd  by  foes  alone-^ 

•*  My  wrath  has  ftrtfck  the  rebels  dead, 
*'  my  fury  ftamp'd  then  down. 

5  "  'Tis  Edonvs  blood  that  dies  my  r< 
"  with  jovful  fcarlet  (lains, 

•  The 


HYMN   xi,  xli.  35 

*J  The  triumph  that  my  raiment  wears 
"  fprung  from  their  bleeding  veins. 

6  "  Thus  mall  the  nations  be  deftroy'd 
"  that  dare  infult  my  faints, 

xc  I  have  an  arm  t'  avenge  their  wrongs, 
"  an  ear  for  their  complaints." 

H  Y  M  N    XLI. 

Nahum  i.    t,  2,  3,    &c. 
1    j\  DOB.E  and  tremble,  tor  our  God 

IX.  is  a  confuming  fire, 
His  jealous  eyes  his  wrath  inflame, 

and  raife  his  vengeance  higher.   . 
a  Almighty  vengeance  how  it  burns  r 

how  bright  his  fury  glows  ! 
Vaft  magazines  of  piague#and  {lorms 

lie  treafur'd  for  his  fops'. 

3  Thofe  heaps  of  wrath  by  flow  degree 
are  forc'd  into  a  flame, 

But  kindled,  oh  !  how  fierce  they  blaze  ! 
and  rend  all  nature's  frame. 

4  A"t  his  approach  the  mountains  fly, 
and  feek  a  wat'ry  grave ; 

The  frighted  fea  makes  hafte  away, 
and  fhrinks  up  ev'ry  wave. 

5  Thro*  the  wide  air  the  weighty  rocks, 
are  fwift  as  hail-ftones  hurl'd  : 

Who  dares  engage  his  fiery  rage, 
that  fliakes  the  folid  world  ! 

6  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  fov'reign  grace, 
fits  regent  on  the  throne, 

The  refuge  of  thy  chofen  race 
when  wrath  c©mes  rufhing  down. 

'    .       7  Thy 


l5         Y   M   N    xli,  xlii,  xliii. 

7  Thy  hand  fhall  on  rebellious  kings 

a  fiery  tempeft  pour, 
Whilft  we  beneath  thy  fhelt'ring  wings 
thy  juft  revenge  adore. 

HYMN      XLII. 

Ifa.  xl.  28,  20,  30,  31. 
«*   A  WAKE  cur  fouls  (away  our  fears) 
Ji\  Let  ev'ry  trembling  tho't  be  gone  ; 
Awake,  and  rua  the  heav'nly  race, 
A  nd  put  a  chearful  courage  on. 

2  True  'tis  a  ftrait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpirits  tire  and  faint, 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God 
That  feeds  the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint. 

3  The  mighty  God,  w^iofe  matchlefs  pow'r, 
Is  ever  new  and  ever  young, 

And  firm  endures  while  endlefs  years 
Their  everlafting  circle* run. 

4  From  thee  the  overflowing  fpring, 
Our  fouls  fhall  drink  a  frefh  fupply, 
While  fuch  as  truft  their  native  ftrength 
Shall  melc  away,  and  droop,  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode, 
On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  fhall  fly 
Nor  lire  amidft  the  heav'nly  road. 

HYMN    XLIII. 

Jude  xxiv.   25. 

iHP  O  God  the  only  wife, 

I        our  Saviour,  and  our  King> 
Let  all  the  faints  below  the  ikies 
their  humWe  praifes  bring. 

»Tis 


HYMN    xliii,  xliv.  37 

2  'Tis  his  almighty  love, 
his  counfel  and  his  care, 

Preferves  us  fafe  from  fin  aad  death, 
and  ev'ry  hurtful  fnare. 

3  He  will  prefent  our  fouls 
unblemifh'd  and  compleat, 

Before  -the  glory  of  his  face, 
with  joys  divinely  great. 

4  Then  all  the  chofen  feed 
{haU  meet  around  the  throne, 

Shall  blefs  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
and  make  his  wonders  known. 

£  T©  our  redeemer  God, 

wifdom  and  pow'r  belongs, 
Immortal  crowns  of  majefty, 

and  everlafting  fongs. 

HYMN    XLIV, 
Rev.  xii.  7. 

LET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  ling 
The  wars  of  heav'n  whenMichael  flood 
Chief  general  of  th*  eternal  King, 
And  fought  the  battles  of  our  God. 

2  Againft  the  dragon  and  his  hoft 
The  armies  of  the  Lord  prevail ; 

In  vain  they  rage,  in  vain  they  boaft, 
Their  courage  finks,  their  weapons  fail. 

3  Down  to  the  earth  was  fatan  thrown j 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions  fell ; 
Then  was  the  trump  of  triumph  blown, 
And  fliook  the  dreadful  deeps  of  hell, 

4  Now  is  rhe  hour  of  darknefs  paft, 
Chrift  has  aiTum'd  his  xdming  pow'r ; 

D  Behold 


38  H   Y   M    N    xliv,  xlv. 

B°hold  the  great  accufer  caft 

Down  from  the  Ikies,  to  rife  no  more. 

5  'Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  Lamb, 
Thine  armies  trod  the  tempter  down  ; 
'Twas  by  thy  word  and  pow'rful  name 
They  gain'd  the  battle  and  renown. 

6  Rejoice  ye  heav'ns  ;  let  ev'ry  ftar 
Shine  with  new  glories  round  the  Iky  j 
Saints,  while  ye  ling  the  heav'nly  war, 
Raife  youi  Deliverer's  name  on  high. 

HYMN    XLV. 

Rev.   i.  $y6y  7. 

NOW  to  the  Lord,  that  makes  us  knou 
The  wonders  of  his  dying  love, 
Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 
And  {trains  of  nobler  praife  above. 

2  '  Twas  he  {hat  cieans'd  our  fouJeft  fins,: 
And  wafli'd  us  in  his  richeft  blood  : 

■Tis  he  that  makes  us  prieits  and  kings, 
And  brings  us  rebels  near  to  God. 

3  To  Jefus  our  atoning  prieft, 
To  Jeius  our  iuperior  king, 
Be  everlafting  power  corifeft, 
And  ey'fy  tongue  his  glory  fing. 

4  Behold  on  flying  clouds  he  comes, 
And  ev'ry  eye  mail  fee  him  move  ; 
Tho'  with  our  fins  we  pierced  him  once, 
Then  he  difplays  his  pard'ning  love. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  {hall  wail 
While  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  day  ; 
Come  Lord,  nor  let  thy  promife  fail, 
Nor  let  thv  chariots  long  delay. 

HYM 


HYMN    xlvi,  xlvii.    ,  39 

HYMN     XLVI. 

Rev.  v.  i,  12,  13.    -      _ 

COME  let  us  join  our  chearful  longs* 
with  angels  round  the  throne ; 
ren  thoufand  thoufand  are  their  tongues, 

but  all  their  joys  aie  one. 
1  "  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  dy'd,"  they  cry} 

"  to  be  exalted  thus  •," 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  lips  reply* 

for  he  was  {lain  for  us.. 
I  Jefus  is  worthy  to  receive 

honour  and  pow'r  divine  •, 
And  bleffings  more  than  we  can  give^ 

be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  iky* 

and  air,  and  earth,  and  feas, 
Confpire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 

and  fpeak  thine  endlefs  praife. 
5  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 

to  blefs  the  facred  name, 
Of  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne, 

and  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

HYMN     XLVII. 

1  John  iii,  &c.  Gal.  iv.  6. 

1  TT>  EHOLD  what  wond'rous  grace 
JLJ   tiie  Fattier  has  beilow'd, 

On  tinners  of  a  mortal  race, 
to  call  them  fons  of  God  ! 

2  Tis  no  furpiizing  thing, 
that  we  fhould  be  unknown ; 

The  Jewifh  world  knew  not  their  King, 
Gou's  everlafting  Son  : 

3  Nor, doth  it  yet  appear 

how  great  we  muft  be  nude  5  But 


4  a  HYMN    xlvii,  xlviii. 

But  when  we  fee  our  Saviour  here, 
we  fhall  be  like  our  head. 

4  A.  hope  fo  much  divine 
may  trials  well  endure, 

May  purge  our  fouls  from  fenfe  and  fin 
as  Chrift  the  Lord  is  pure. 

5  If  in  my  Fathers  love 
I  fhare  a  filial  part, 

Send  down  thy  fpirit  like  a  dove, 
to  reft  upon  my  heart. 

6  We  would  no  longer  lie 

like  flaves  beneath  the  throne  : 
My  faith  fhall  abba  Father  cry, 
and  thou  the  kindred  own. 

H  Y  M  N     XLVIII. 
Sol.  Song  viii.    5,  6,  7,  1$,  14. 

iXTTTHO  is  this  fair  one  in  diftrefs, 

Yy   That  travels  from  the  wildernefs, 
And  prefs'd  with  forrows  and  with  fins, 
On  her  beloved  Lord  fhe  leans. 

2  This  is  the  fpoufe  of  Chrift  our  God, 
Bought  with  the  treafures  of  his  blood, 
And  her  requeft,  and  her  complaint, 

Is  but  the  voice  of  ev'ry  faint. 

3  "  O  let  my  name  engraven  ftand, 

*'  Both  on  thy  heart  and  on  thy  hand : 
**  Seal  me  upon  thine  arm,  and  wear, 
"  That  pledge  of  love  for  ever  there. 

4  "  Stronger  than  death  thy  love  is  known, 
*  *  Which  floods  of  wrath  could  never  drown  -t 
4i  And  hell  and  earth  in  vain  combine 

<c  To  quench  a  fire  fo  much  divine. 

5  w  But  lam  jealous  of  my  heart, 
**  Left  it  fhould  once  from  thee  depart ; 

«  Thea 


HYMN      xlviii,  xlix.  4* 

<*  Then  let  thy  name  be  well  imprefs'd, 
«  As  a  fair  fignet  on  my  breaft. 

6  "  'Till  thou  haft  brought  me  to  thy  home, 
«  Where  fears  and  doubts  can  never  come, 
*c  Thy  countenance  let  me  often  fee, 

«  And  often  thou  fhalt  hear  from  me. 

7  <f  Come,  my  beloved,  hafte  away* 
"  Cut  ihori  the  hours  of  thy  delay, 
«  Fly  like  a  youthful  hart  or  roe 

"  Over  the  hills  wfiere  fpices  grow.* 

HYMN    XLIX. 

Job  iv.  17 ***'■ 

j  AH  A.LL the  vile  race  of  flefti  and  blood 

J^   Contend  with  their  Creator,  Gcd  I. 
Shall  mortal  worms  prefume  to  be 
More  holy,  wife,  or  juft  than  he  ? 

2  Behold  he  puts  his  truft  in  none 
Of  all  the  fpirits  round  his  throne*, 
Their  natures  when  compar'd  with  his> 
Are  neither  holy,  juft,  nor  wife. 

3  But  how  much  meaner  things  are  they 
Who  fpring  from  duft,  and  dwell  in  clay  1} 
Touch'd  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath, 

We  faint  and  vanifh  like  the  moth. 

4  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  nightj. 
We  die  by  thoufands  in  thy  fight  5 
Bury'd  in  duft  whole  nations  lie- 
Like  a  forgotten  vanity. 

5-  Almighty  pow'r,  to  thee  we  bow  5 
How  frail  are  we  !  how  glorious  thou ! 
No  more  the  fons  of  earth  fhalt  dare 
With  an  eternal  God  compare. 

D3  HYMN 


42  HYMN!,  li.       : 

HYMN     L. 

Ecclef.  ix.  4,  5,  6,  io. 

1  "|      IFE  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lord, 

1  j   The  time  t'  enfure  the  great  reward^ 
And  while  th*3  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 
The  vilelt  finrier  may  return. 

2  Life  is  the  hour  that  God  has  giv'n, 
To  Ycape  from  hell,  and  fiy  to  heav'n  ; 
The  day  of  grace,  and  mortals  may 
Secure  the  bkflings  of  the  day. 

3  The  living  know  that  they  rnuit.  die, 
But  all  the  dead  forgotten  lie  5 
Their  memVy  and  their  fenfe  is  gone, 
Alike  unknowing  and  unknown. 

4  Their  hatred  and  their  Jove  is  loft, 
Their  envy  bury'd  in  the  chift ; 
They  have  no  fharejn  all  that's  done 
Beneath  the  circuir  of  the  fun. 

5  Then  what  my  thoughts  defign  to  do, 
My  hands,  with  all  your  might  purfue, 
Since  no  device,  nor  work  is  found, 
llvr  faith,  T-,dv  hope,  beneath  the  ground, 

6  There  are  no  acts  of  pardon  psfs'd 
In  the  eoid  grave  to  which  we  hafte ; 
But  darkneft,  d:  ath,  and  long  defpaif 
Reign  in  eternal  fi'.ence  there. 

HYMN    LI. 

Pvom.  iii.    tu»- 72. 

i  "T  TAIN  are  the  hopes  the  fons  of  men 

y       on  their  own  works  have  built ; 
IT   t!  hearts  by  nature  all  unclean, 

and  .-.11  their,  actions  guilt. 
2  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  flop  their  mouths 
without  a  murm/ring  word, 

And 


HYMN    li,  lii,  JUL  43- 

And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  ftand 
guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3  In  vain  we  afk  God's  righteous  law 
to  juftify  us  nowj 

Since  ro  convince,  and  to  condemn^ 
is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4  Jefus,  how  glorious  is  thy  grace^ 
when  in  thy  name  we  truft  ! 

Our  faith  receives  a  righteoumefe 
that  makes  the  finaer  juil. 

HYMN       LIL 

John  ii.    t6,   17,   18. 

i   l^TO  r  to  condemn  the  fons  of  men,, 

j_\j    Did  Chrift  the  fon-of  God  appear; 
No  weapons  in  his  hands  are  {eeny 
No  flaming  fword,  nor  thunder  thers, 

2  Such  was  the  pity  of  our  God* 
He  lov'dthe  race  of  man  fo  well,. 
He  fent  his  Son  to  bear  our  load 

Of  fins,  and  fave  our  fouls  from  hellv 

3  Sinners  .belfeve  the  Saviour's  word, 
Truft  in  his  mighty  name,  and  live  % 
A  thoufand  joys  his  lips  afford, 

His  hands  a  thoufand  bleflings  give. 

4  But  vengeance  and  damnation  lies 
On  rebels  who  refufe  the  grace  ; 
Who  God's  eternal  fon  defpife, 
The  muttfc  hell  mail  be  their  place, 

HYMN    LIII. 

I  Cor.  ii.  9,   10.     Rev.  xxi.  27, 

OR.  eye  hath  feen,  nor  ear  hath  heard, 
nor  fenfe  nor  rcafon  known.,. 

What- 


'N 


44  HYMN    liii,  liv. 

What  joy  the  Father  has  prepar'd 
for  thofe  that  love  his  Son. 

1  But  the  good  fpirit  of  the  Lord 
reveals  a  heav'n  to  come  *, 

The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 
allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  fky, 
and  all  the  region  peace  ; 

No  wanton  lips  nor  envious  eye 
can  fee  or  tafte  the  blifs. 

4  Thofe  holy  gates  for  ever  bar, . 
pollution,  fin,  and  fhame  ; 

None  fhall  obtain  admittance  there 
hut  foll'wers  of  the  Lamb. . 

5  He  keeps  the  Father's  book  of  life  j 
there  all  their  names  are  found  j 

The  hypocrite  in  vain  fhall  flrive 
to  tread  the  heav'nly  ground.  . 

H  Y  M.N,  LIV. 

Rom.  vi.  r,  2,  6. 

j  O  HALL"  we  go  on  to"  fin, 

l^    becaufe  thy  grace  abounds^., 
Or  crucify  the  Lord  again 
and  open  all  his  wounds  ? 

2  Forbid  it,  mighty  God, 
nor  let  it  e'er  be  faid, 

That  we  whofe  fins  are  crucify'd 
fhould  raife  them  from  the  dead; 

3  We  will  be  flaves  no  more, 
fince  Chrift  has  made  us  free, 

Has  naii'd  our  tyrants  to  his  crofsr 
and  bought  our  liberty, 

H  Y  M  N 


HYMN   lv,  M.    -         41 

HYMN    LV. 

Phil.  iii.  7,  8,  9. 
I  tltO  more,  my  God,  I  boaft  no  more 
J^    of  all  the  duties  I  have  done; 

1  quit  the  hopes  I  held  before 
To  truft  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

2  Now  for  the  love  I  bear  his  name, 
What  was  my  gain  I  count  my  lofs  ; 
My  former  pride  I  call  my  Ihame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  crofs. 

3  Yes,  and  I  muft  and  will  efteem 

All  things  but  lofs  for  Jefus'  fake  :  ,' 

0  may  my  foul  be  found  in  him, 

And  of  his  righteoufnefs  partake  1         iy 

4  The  beft  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  throne  % 
But  faith  can  anfwer  thy  demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 

HYMN    LVI.    Rom.  vii.   8,  &c, 

1*1      ORD,  how  fecure  my  confeience  wasj  0* 
I   1   and  felt  no  inward  dread  ! 

1  was  alive  without  the  law, 

and  thought  my  fins  were  dead. 

2  My  hopes  of  heav'n  were  firm  andbrighi| 
but  fince  the  precept  came 

With  a  convincing  pow'r  of  light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

3  My  guilt  appear'd  but  fmall  before, 
'till  terrible  I  faw, 

How  perfect,  holy,  juft,  and  pure3 
was  thine  eternal  law. 

4  Then  felt  my  foul  the  heavy  load, ' 
my  fins  revivM  again, 

I  had  provok'd  a  dreadful  God 

and  all  my  hopes  were  ilain..  5  I'm 


46        HYMN    Ivi,  lvii,Ivm.- 

5  I'm  like  a  helplefs  captive  fold, 
under  the  power  of  fin  ; 

I  cannot  do  the  good  I  would, 
nor  keep  my  conscience  clean. 

6  My  God,  I  cry  with  evYy  breath 
for  fome  kind  pow'r  to  fave, 

To  break  the  yoke  of  fin  and  death, 
and  thus  redeem  the  flave. 

HYMN    LVir. 

John  i.  17.  Heb.  iii.   3,  &c.  x.  28". 

TH  E  law  by  Mofes  came, 
but  peace,  and  truth,  and  love, 
brought  by  Chrift  (a  nobler  name) 
ending  from  above. 
ift  the  houfe  of  God 
diff'rent  works  were  done  ; 
a  faithful  fervant  flood, 
Chrift  a  faithful  Son. 
Then  to  his  new  commands, 
be  ftrict  obedience  paid  ; 
O'er  ail  his  Father's  houfe  he  ftands 
the  fovereign  and  the  head. 

4  The  man  that  durft  defpife 
the  law  that  Mofes  brought  ! 

Behold  T  how  terribly  he  dies 
for  his  prefumptuous  fault. 

5  But  forer  vengeance  falls 
on  that  rebellious  race, 

Who  hate  to  hear  when  Jefus  calls, 
and  dare  refift  his  grace. 

HYMN    LVIII. 

Heb.  i.v.  15,  16  •,  and  v.  7.  Matt.  xii.  20/ 

i*¥XTITHjoy  we  meditate  the  grace    • 
W     of  our  high-prieft  above  j        Hi» 


fl.YMN    Iviii,  luc.  47 

fiis  heart  is  made  of  tendernefs, 

his  bowels  melt  with  love. 
2.  Touch'd  with  a  fympathy  within 

he  knows  our  feeble  frame, 
;He  knows  what  fore  temptations  meaua 

for  he  has  felt  the  fame. 

3  But  fpotlefs  innocent  and  pure 
the  great  Redeemer  flood, 

While  Satan's  fiery  darts  he  bore, 
and  did  refift  to  blood. 

4  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flefh 
pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears, 

And  in  his  meaiiire  feels  afrefh 
what  every  member  bears, 

5.  Hell  never  quench  the  fmoaking  flay 

but  raiie  it  to  a  flame  ; 
The  bruited  reed  he  never  breaks, 

nor  fcorns  the  meanefl  name. 
6  Then  let  our  humble  faith  addreis 

his  mercy  and  his  pow'r, 
We  mail  obtain  dehVring  grace 

in  the  diftreffing  hour. 

HYMN     LIX. 
Titus  ii.    10 13, 

iQ  O  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs 
1^3     tne  a°ly  gofpcl  we  profefs, 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 
2  Thus  mall  we  beft  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour  God ; 
When  the  falvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  fubdues  the  pow'r  of  iin» 

3  Our 


4«  HYMN    fix,  lx,  ixi. 

3  Our  fleih  and  fenfe  muft  be  deny'd  j 
Paffion  and  envy,  luft  and  pride  ; 
While  juftice,  temp  Vance,  truth  and  love 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Heligion  bears  our  fpirits  up 
Whilft  we  expect  that  blefTed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord, 
And  faith  (lands  leaning  on  his  word. 

HYMN    LX. 
I  Cor.  xiii.    i,  2,  3. 

'J  A  D  I  the  tongues  of  Greeks  and  Jews 
fjL    And  nobler  ipeech  that  angels  ufe, 
^'ove  be  abfent,  I  am  found 
s*Vtc  tinkling  brafs  an  empty  found. 
Were  I  infpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
II  that  is  done  in  heav'n  and  hell ; 
could  my  faith  the  world  remove, 
il  I  am  nothing  without  love. 

Should  I  diitribute  all  my  ftore 
feed  the  bowels  of  the  poor, 
give  my  body  to  the  flame, 
gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name : 
f  love  to  God  and  love  to  men 
abfent,  all  my  hopes  are  vain : 
or  tongues,  nor  gifts,  nor  fiery  zeal, 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

HYMN    LXI. 

2  Tim.  1,  9,  10. 

i"TWTO"Wto  the  pow'r  of  God  fuprerae 
JL%    Be  everlafting  honours  giv'n, 
He  faves  from  hell  (we  blefs  his  name) 
He  calls  our  wand'ring  feet  to  heav'a. 
1  Not  for  our  duties  or  deferts, 
"Bui  ofjhi*  own  abounding  grace, 

He 


HYMN    ixi,  IxS.  49 

He  works  falvation  in  our  hearts, 
And  forms  a  people  for  his  praife. 

3  'Twas  his  own  purpofe  that  begun 
To  refcue  rebels  doom'd  to  die  ; 
He  gave  us  grace  in  Chrift  his  Son, 
Before  he  ipread  the  flarry  fky. 

4  Jefus  the  Lord  appears  at  laft, 

And  makes  his  Father's  counfels  knowing 
Declares  the  great  tranfa&ions  pafs'd, 
And  brings  immortal  bleffings  down. 

5  He  dies  \  and  in  that  dreadful  night 
Did  all  the  pow'rs  of  hell  deftroy  ; 
Rifing  he  brought  our  heav'n  to  light, 
And  took  polTeflion  of  the  joy. 

HYMN    LXIL 

Ifa,  liii.   i—5,   io— 12. 

i  TTXTt^  nas  believ'd  thy  word, 
YV     or  thy  falvation  known  ; 
Reveal  thine  arm,  almighty  Lord, 
and  glorify  thy  Son. 

2  The  Jews  efteem'd  him  here 
too  mean  for  their  belief ; 

Sorrows  his  chief  acquaintance  were3 
and  his  companion,  grief. 

3  They  turn'd  their  eyes  away, 
and  treated  him  with  fcorn  ; 

But  'twas  their  grief  upon  him  lay^ 
their  forrows  he  has  borne. 

4  'Twas  for  the  ftubborn  Jews 
and  Gentiles  then  unknown, 

The  God  of  juftice  pleas'd  to  bruife 
his  bed  beloved  Son, 

E  c  •*  But 


50  HYMN     lxii,  lxiii, 

5  "  But  I'll  prolong  his  days, 

"  and  make  his  kingdom  {land, 
<c  My  pleafure  (faith  the  God  of  grace) 
u  fhall  profper  in  his  hand. 

6  t(  His  joyful  foul  mall  fee 
Cf  the  purchafe  of  his  pain, 

ct  And  by  his  knowledge  juftify 
"  the  guilty  fons  of  men. 

7  "  Ten  thoufand  captive  flaves 
"  releas'd  from  death  and  fin, 

ft  Shall  quit  their  prifons  and  their  graves 
<c  and  own  his  pow'r  divine. 

8  "  Heay'n  fhall  advance  my  Son 
"  to  joys  that  earth  deny'd  ; 

11  Who  faw  the  follies  men  had  done 
c<  and  bore  their  fins  and  dy'd." 

II    Y    M    N     LXIIl. 

1  TJ  O  W  fhort  and  hafty  is  our  life ! 

jL  how  vaft  our  fouls  affairs  ! 
Yet  fenfelefs  mortals  vainly  £Uive 
to  lavilh  out  their  years. 

2  Our  days  run  thoughriefsly  along, 

lout  a  moment's  ft  ay, 
Juft  like  a  ftorio'1  a  fong, 
we  pais  our  lives  away. 

3  God  from  on  high  invites  us  home, 
but  we  march  heedlefs  on, 

And  ever  haft'oing  to  the  tomb* 
ftoop  downwards  as  we  run. 

4  How  we  deftrve  the  deepeft  htll 
that  flight  tlv  joys  above  ! 

V/hat  chains  of  vengeance  fhould  we  xcc\ 
that  break  fuch  cords  or  love  ! 

5  Dcavj 


-H    Y    M    N    Ixiii,  Ixivs    ix</,       jft 

$  Draw  us,  O  God,  with  fov'reign  grace, 

and  lift  our  thoughts  on  high, 
That  we  may  end  this  mortal  race 

and  fee  falvation  nigh. 

HYMN    LXIV. 

[OW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  fong  I 
Awake  my  foul,  awake  my  tongue  3 
Kofanna  to  th'  eternal  name, 
And  all  his  boundlefs  love  proclaim. 

2  See  where  it  fhines  in  Jeius'  face 
The  brighteft  image  of  his  grace  5 
God  in  the  perfon  of  his  Son, 

Has  all  his  mighty  works  out-done, 

3  The  fpacious  earth,  and  fpreading  floo- 
Proclaim  the  wife,  thepop/rful  God5 
And  thy  rich  glories  from  afar, 
Sparkle  in  ev'ry  rolling  liar. 

4  But  in  his  looks  a  glory  ffcands, 
The  nobieft  labour  of  thine  hands: 
The  pleafing  luftre  of  his  eyes 
Out-fhines  the  wonders  of  the  fkies. 

5  Grace  !  'tis  a  fweet,  a  charming  theme  \ 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jefus'  name  : 

Ye  angels,  dwell  upon  the^bund, 
Ye  heav'ns  reflect  it  to  the  ground. 

6  O  may  I  live  to  reach  the  place 
Where  he  unvails  his  lovely  face, 
Where  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  ficg  his  name  to  harps  of  gold  ! 

HYMN    LXV. 

Phil.  ii.  6,  &c. 

Rigfct  King  of  glory,  dreadful  God  !* 
Qur  fpirits  bow  before  thy  feat  j 

E  3  To 


53  HYMN    Ixv,  IxvL 

To  thee  we  lift  an  humble  thought, 
And  worship  at  thine  awful  feet. 

2  Thy  pow'r  hath  form'd  thy  wifdom  fways 
All.  nature  with  a  fov'reign  word  •, 

And  the  bright  world  of  liars  obeys 
The  will  of  their  fuperior  Lord. 

3  Mercy  and  truth  unite  in  one, 
And  fmiling  lit  at  thy  right-hand  ; 
Eternal  juftice  guards  thy  throne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  command* 

4  A.  thouland  feraphs  ftrong  and  bright 
Stand  round  the  glorious  deity  -, 

But  who  amongft  the  fons  of  light 
Pretends  companion  with  thee  P 

5  Yet  there  is  one  of  human  frame, 
Jefus  aray'd  in  flem  and  blood, 
Thinks  it  no  robbery  to  claim 

A  full  equality  with  God. 

6  Their  glory  mines  with  equal  beams  j 
Their  tflence  is  for  ever  one, 

Tho'  they  are  known  by  different  names, 
The  Father- God  and  God  the  Son. 

7  Then  let  the  name  of  Chrift  our  King 
"With  equal  honours  be  ador'd  ; 

His  praife  let  every  angel  fing, 
And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord. 

HYMN    LXVI. 

HArk  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  found;, 
my  ears  attend  the  cry, 
Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground, 
where  you  mull  fhortly  lie. 
a  "  Princes,  this  clay  muft  be  your  bed 
"  in  fpite  of  all  your  tow'rs  •, 

«  Tiie 


«( 


HYMN    lxvi,  lxvii.  53 

€i  The  taft,  the  wife,  the  rev'rend  head 
"  muft  lie  as  low  as  ours." 

3  Great  God  !  is  this  our  certain  doom  ? 
and  are  we  ftill  fecure  ? 

Still  walking  downwards  to  our  tomb, 
and  yet  prepared  no  more  ? 

4  Grant  us  the  pow'rs  of  quick'ning  gract^ 
to  fit  our  fouls  to  fly, 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flefhj 
we'll  rife  above  the  Iky. 

HYMN    LXVII. 

Zech.  xii.     7. 

3HpHUS  faith  the  Ruler  of  the  Ik 

M  awake  my  dreadful  fword  \    -. 
"  Awake  my  wrath,  and  fmite  the  msii  * 
"  my  fellow,"  faith  the  Lord, 

2  Vengeance  receiv  d  the  dread  command, 
and  armed  down  me  Hies 

Jefus  fubmits  C  his  Father's  hand, 
and  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

3  But  oh  !  the  wifdom  and  the  grace 
that  join  with  vengeance  now  I 

He  dies  to  fave  our  guilty  race, 
and  yet  he  rifes  too. 

4  A  perfon  fo  divine  was  he 
who  yielded  to  be  flain, 

That  he  cou'd  give  his  foul  away, 
and  take  his  life  again. 

5-  Live,  glorious  Lord,  and  reign  on  highs 

let  ev'ry  nation  fing, 
And  angels  found  with  endlefs  joy 

the  Saviour  and  the  King, 

E3        -      '         &YMW 


54  HYMN   Ixviii,    Ixix. 

HYMN    Ixviii.     I 

i  T  NFINITE  grief  !  amazing  woe  ! 

J_   behold  my  bleeding  Lord  ! 
Hell  and  the  Jews  conipir'd  his  death, 
and  us'd  the  Roman  hrord. 

2  Oh  !  the  fharp  pangs  of  fmarting  pain 
my  dear  Redctmer  bore, 

"When  knotty  whips,  and  ragged  thorns 
his  iacred  body  tore  ! 

3  But  knotty  whips,  and  ragged  thorns 
in  vain  I  do  accufe, 

In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  bands, 
and  the  more  fpiteful  Jews. 

4  >r    ..re  you,  my  fins,  my  cruel  fins, 
Hfe  chief  tormentors  were  ! 

Each  of  my  crimes  became  a  nail, 
and  unbelief  the  fpear. 

5  Twsreyou,    that   puR'd   the   vengeance 
upon  his  guiltlefs  head  :  (down 

Break,  break  my  heart,  oh  ?  burft  mine  eyes,, 
and  let  my  (brrows  bleed, 

6  Strike,  mighty  grace,  my  flinty  foul, 
'till  melting  waters  flow, 

>entance  drown  mine  eyeq^ 
'in  undiiTembled  \vj  ;. 

II  Y  M  N    LXIX. 

Hcb.  xii.  1 3,    8 

TOT  to  the  terrors  of  the 
the  temj 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 

on  Sinai  ' 
*x  But  w\      .  to  Sion's  hi 

the  city  of  Our  Cod, 

Where 


HYMN    lxix3    lxx.         55 

Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
and  fpread  his  love  abroad. 

3  Beheld  th*  innumerable  ho  ft 
of  angels  cloathM  in  light  j 

Behold  the  fpirits  of  the  juft 
whofe  faith  is  turn'd  to  fight. 

4  Behold  the  bleft  affembly  there, 
whofe  names  are  writ  in  heav'n  ; 

And  God  the  judge  of  all  declares 
their  vileft  fins  forgiv'n. 

5  The  faints  on  earth  and  all  the  dead 
but  one  communion  make  j 

AH  join  in  Chrift,  their  living  head, 
and  of  his  grace  partake. 

6  In  fuch  fociety  as  this 

my  weary  foul  would  reft  ; 
The  man  that  dwells  where  Jefus  is 
imift  be  for  ever  blefl. 

K  Y  M  N    LXX, 
Ifa.  1.  io,  ii.  Chap,  xxviii.  io, 
"  lI/"Here  are  the  mourners  (faith  theLord) 
a  '▼'     That  wait  and  tremble  at  my  word, 
<c  That  walk  in  dar'knefs  all  the  day  ? 
"  Come,  make  my  name  youi  truft  andftay, 
2  ""No  works  nor  duties  of  your  own 
*'  Can  few  the  {mailed  iin  atone  : 
"The  robes  that  nature  may  provide 
*}  Will  not  your  leaii  pollutions  hide. 

*»  iC  The  fofteft  couch  that  nature  knows 
"  Can  give  the  confeience  no.repofe  : 
"  Look  to  my  righteoufn'efs,  and  live  ; 
"  Comfort  and  neace  are  mine  to  give. 


5d  HYMN    lxx,  ixxi. 

4  <c  Ye  fons  of  pride,  that  kindle  coals 

<*  With  your  own  hands  to  warm  your  fouls, 
si  Walk  in  the  light  of  your  own  lire  j 
"  Enjoy  the  fparks  that  ye  defire. 

5  "  This  is  your  portion  at  my  hands  ^ 
"  Hell  waits  you  with  her  iron  bands, 
"  Ye  fhall  lye  down  in  forrow  there, 

44  In  death,  in  darknefs,  and  defpair." 

HYMN    LXXL 
Job  xi.  7.  &c.  xxv.  5.  xxvi.    ir. 

1  f>  AN  creatures  to  perfection  iind 
V_>    Tlr^eternal  uncreated  mind  ; 

Or  can  the  largeif  ftretch  of  thought 
Meafure  and  learch  his  nature  out ! 

2  '  Fis  high  as  heav'n,  'tis  deep  as  hell, 
And  what  can  mortals  know  or  tell  ? 
His  glory  fpreads  beyond  the  iky, 
And  all  the  fhining  worlds  on  high. 

3  But  man,  vain  man,  would  fain   be  wife> 
Born  like  a  wild  young  colt  he  flies 
TJiro'  all  the  follies  of  his  mind, 

Sj.tA  fwells,  and  {huffs  the  empty  wind. 

4  God  is  a  king  of  pow'r  unknown, 
Firm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne  ; 
If  he  refoive,  who  dare  oppofe, 

Qv  afk  him  why,  or  what  he  does  ? 

5  He  wounds  the  heart  and  he  makes  whole , 
He  calms  the  tempell  of  the  foul  : 
When  he  {huts  up  in  long  defpair, 

Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 

6  He  frowns,  and  darknefs  veils  the  moon. 
The  fainting  fun  goes  down  at  noon: 

The  pillars  o^  heav'n 's  ftarry  roof 
Tremble  and  liar:  at  his  reproof* 

'7  He 


M 


HYMN    Ixxi,  Ixxii.  57 

1  He  gave  the  vaulted  heav'n  its  form, 
The  crooked  ferpent  and  the  worm  ; 
rle  breaks  the  billows  with  his  breath, 
^ndfmitesthe  fons  of  pride  to  death. 

1  Thefe  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  ; 
3ut  who  mail  dare  defcribehis  face  ? 
Who  can  endure  his  light ;  or  ftand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  I 

HYMN    LXXII. 

1   Cor.   xi.    23,  &c. 

P  M^Was  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  nighty 
when  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arofe^ 
Againft  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray'd  him  to  his  foes  : 

2  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,  and  blefs'd,  and  brake  t 
What  love  thro'  all  his  actions  ran  ! 
What  wond'rous  words  of  grace  he  fpake  I 

3  "  This  is  my  body,  broke  for  fin, 
**  Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  ;" 
Then  took  the  cup,  and  blefs'd  the  wine  | 
"  Tis  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood. 

4  "  Do  this  (he  cry'd)  till  time  fhall  end^ 
•'  In  mem'ry  of  your  dying  friend  ; 

(i  Meet  at  my  table  and  record 

*•  The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

5  Jefus,  thy  feaft  we  celebrate, 

We  fhew  thy  death,  we  ring  thy  name, 
'Till  Thou  return  and  we  fhall  eat 
The  marriage  fupper  of  the  Lamb. 

*      H  Y  M  N 


H  Y  M  N     Ixxiii,  Ixx: 
H  Y  M  N    LXX1IL 

Gal.  vi.    14, 

WHEN  I  furvey  the  wond'rous  crout- 
on which  theJPrince  of  glory  dy'd, 
My  richer!  gain  I  count  but  lofs, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  I  fliould  boaft- 
Save  in  the  death  of  Chrift  my  God  : 
Ail  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  molt, 

1  facrince  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  ! 
Did  e'er  fuch  love  and  forrow  meet  ? 
Or  thorns  compofe  io  rich  a  crown  ? 

4  His  dying  crimfon,  like  a  robe, 
Spreads  o'er  his  body  on  the  tree  ! 
Then  am  I  dead  to  all  the  globe, 
And  all  the  globe  is  dead  to  me. 

5  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  pre  fen  t  far  too  fmall  : 
Love  fo  amazing,  fo  divine, 
Demands  my  foul,  my  life,  my  all. 

HYMN     LXXIV. 

Luke  xiv.    16,   &c. 

iTTOW  rich  are  thy  provisions,  Lord  I 

*fhy  table  furmfiVd  from  above  ! 
The  fruits  of  life  o'erfpread  the  board, 
The  cup  o'ei  flows  wkh  heav'nly  love.    . 

2  Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Were  hYft  invited  to  the  feafc : 
We  humbly  take  what  they  refufe, 
And  Gentiles  thy  lalvation  tallc. 

3  We 


H    Y    M    N  faiv,  :,  59 

3  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lair: 
AJbd  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  I 
But,  at  the  gofpel-call,  we  came. 
And  ev'ry  want  rec-eiVd  fupply. 

4  From  the  high  way  that  leads  to hej^ 
From  paths  of  darknpfs  and  defpair, 
Lord,  we  are  come  with  thee  to  dwell, 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  prefence  here. 

5  What  (hall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  heav'n  of  his  abode. 
And  to  this  wretched  earth  earns  dowi\| 
To  bring  us  wand'reis  back  to  God  ! 

6  It  coft  him  deaths  to  :ave  our  lives  j 
To  buy  our  fouls  it  coil  his  own  ; 
And  all  the  unkn  >wn  joys  he  gives, 
"Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown. 

7  Our  everlaiUng  love  is  due 

To  him  that  ranfom'd  firmer  s  loft  > 
And  pity'd  rebels  when  he  knew 
The  vaft  expence  his  love  would  co& 
HYMN     LXXV.       ' 
i/^f  LORY  to  God  the  Fathers  name, 

\jf   whom  from  our  iintu'i  race, 
Chole  out  hisfav'rites  to  proclaim 
the  honours  of  h  is  grace.      ^  ■ 

2  Glory  to  God  the  Son  be  paid, 
who  tiwelt  in  humble  clay. 

And  to  redeem  us  from  the  dead, 
gave  his  own  life  away. 

3  Glory  to  God  the  Spirit  give,      . 
from  wKofe  almighty  pow'r       ; 

Our  fouls  their  heav'niy  birth  derive, 
and  blefs  the  happy  hour. 

4  Giory 


<5o  HYMN    Ixxv,  Ixxvl, 

4  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 
th'  eternal  Three  in  One, 

Who  by  the  wonders  of  his  love, 
has  made  his  nature  known. 


HYMN    LXXVI. 

lTT  O  h'im  l^at  cno^e  us  fifft» 

1         Before  the  world  began  -9 
To  him  that  bore  the  curfe, 
Te   fave  rebellious  man  ; 

To  him  that  form'd 

Our  hearts  anew, 

Is  endlefs  praife 

And  glory  due. 

a  The  Father's  love  mall  run 
Thro'  our  immortal  fongs  , 
We  bring  to  God  the  Son 
Hofanna's  on  our  tongues  ; 

Our  lips   addrefs 

The   Spirit's  name 

With  equal  praife, 

And  ztal  the  fame. 


3  Let  ev'ry  faint  above, 
And  angel  round  the  throne) 
For  ever  biefs  and  love 
The  facred  Three  in  One  ; 

Thus  heav'n  lhall  raife 

His  honours  high, 

When  earth  and  time 

Grow  old  and  die. 

HYMN 


HYMN    IxxVii,  Ixxvin.  6f 

HYMN    LXXVII. 

Hfof  iii.  5.  Luke  xxiv.  44,  Pf.  xxxv.  12,  14, 

iTQ  2  1OLD  the  love,  the  genVous  love 
J3   that  h&  y  David  (hows  : 
Ha.k,  how  his  founding  bowels  move 
to.  his  afflicted  foes  \ 

2  When  they  i>re  fick,  his  foul  complains* 
and  feems  to  feel  the  fmart  > 

The  fpirit  of  the  gofpel  reigns, 
and  melts  his  pious  heart, 

3  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole, 
as  for  a  brother  dead  ! 

And  failing  mortify'd  his  foul, 
while  for  their  life  he  pray'd. 

4  They   groan'd,  and  curs'd  him  on  their 
yet  ftiil he  pleads  and  mourns  ;         (bed: 

And  double  bieffings  on  his  head 
the  right' ous  God  returns. 

c.  O  glorious  Type  of  heav'nly  grace  I 

thus  Chrift:  the  Lord  appears ; 
While  miners  curfe,  the  Saviour  prays, 

and  pities  them  with  tears. 
6  He  the  true  David,  IfraeFs  King, 

bleft  and  belov'd  of  God, 
To  fave  us  rebels  dead  in  fin 

pay'd  his  own  deareft  blood. 

HYMN    LXXVIII. 
Luke  i.  32.  Xi  iiV'Pfa;  xxi.   I,  8. 

DA.VID  rejoiced  in  God  his  ftrength* 
RaisM  to  the  throne  by  fpecial  grace* 
Bu   Chriit  the  Son  appears  at  length, 
Tuifiis  the  triumph  and  the  praife. 

F  How 


6z        HYMN     IxxvTn,  4xxix. 

2  How  great  is  the  MefKah's  joy, 
In  the  falvation  of  thv  hand  ! 

Lord,  thou  haft  rais'd  his  kingdom  high, 
And  giv'n  the  world  to  his  command. 

3  Thy  goodnefs  grants  what'er  he  will, 
Nor  doth  the  leait  requeft  with-hold  ; 
Bleffings  of  love  prevent  him  ftill* 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold. 

4  Honour  and  majeity  divine 
Around  his  facred  temple  fhine  ; 
Bleft  with  the  favour  of  thy  face, 
And  length  of  everlaftisg  days. 

5  Thine  hand  fnall  find  out  all  his  foes  ; 
And  as  a  fi'ry  oven  glows 

With  raging  heat  and  living  coals. 
So  fhall  thy  wrath  devour  their  fouls. 

H  Y  M  N     LXXIX. 
lfa.  xlii.  i.  Heb.  i,  5.  &c.  Pf.  lxxxix.  1,  &c. 

i^l  7»OR  ever  fhali  my  fong  record 

J_       The  truth  and  mercy  of  the  Lord  ; 
Mercy  and  truth  for  ever  ftand 
Like  heav'n  cftablith'd  by  his  hand. 
2  Thus  to  his  Son  he  fware,  and  faid, 
M  With  thee  my  cov'nant  firft  is  made  ; 
t(  In  thee  (hall  dying  iinners  live  *, 
Glory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 


i< 


3  <e  Be  thou  my  prophet.,  thou  my  prieft  ; 
"  Thy  children  ihall  be  ever  b.left  -, 

"  Thou  art  my  chofen  King,  thy  throve 
■*  Shall  ftand  eternal  like  my  own.- 

4  (f  There's  none  of  all  my  fons  abo . 
r<  So  much  my  image,  or  my  lpve  j 

«  CeJ-ftial! 


HYMN    lxxlx,  Ixx^;  63 

*<  Celeftial  pow'rs  thy  fubjects  are  5 


"  Then  what  can  earth  to  thee  compare  r 

5  "  Day  id,  my  fervant,  whom  I  chofe 
*c  To  guard  nay  flock,  to  cmih  my  foes, 
*f  And  rais'd'him  to  the  Jewifh  throne, 
i€  Was  but  the  fhadow  of  my  Son." 

6  Now  let  the  church  rejoice  and  nng 
Jefus  her  Saviour  and  her  King-, 
Angels  his  heav'nly  wonders  fhow, 
And  faints  declare  his  works  below, 

H     Y  M  N    LXXX. 

Mat.  xxi.  15,  16.    Pfa.  viii.  1,  2. 

ALmighty  Ruler  of  the  Ikies, 
Thro' the  wide  earth  thy  name  is  fp re  ad 
And  thine  eternal  glories  rile 
O'er  all  the  heav'ns  thy  hands  have  made; 

2  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young, 
A.  monument  of  honour  raife  ; 
And  babes  with  uninftruc'led  tongue 
Declaies  the  wonders  of  thy  praife. 

3  Thy  pow'r  affifh  their  tender  age 
To  bring  proud  rebels  to  the  ground, 
To  ftill  the  bold  blafphemer's  rage, 
And  all  their  policies  confound. 

4  Children  amidft  thy  temple  throng 
To  fee  their  great  Redeemer's  face  ; 
The  Son  of  David  is  their  fong, 
And  young  Hofannas  fill  the  place. 

5  The  frowning  fcribes  and  angry  priefts 
In  vain  their  impious  cavils  bring  j 
Revenge  fits  filent  in  their  breafts, 
While  Jewtfh  babes  proclaim  their  King. 

F  2  HYMN 


v$4         H    Y    M    N    ixxxi,  txxiSk 

H    Y    M  N    LXXXI. 

Heb.  ii.  5.  Sec.  Pfa.  viii.  3,  5;c. 

LOi'd?  what  was  man  when  made  atfirft* 
Adam  the  offsprio  g  of  die  duft, 
That  thou  £h on. Id 'ft  feat  hin\  and  his.  race 
But  juft  below  an  angel's  place  ? 

2  That  thou  ihould  ft  raife  his'naiare  fey 
And  make  him  Lord  of  all  below, 
Make  ev'ry  beaft  and  bird  fdbmit, 

And  lay  Uiehihes  at  his  feet  ? 

3  But,  O  what  brighter  glories  wait 
To  crown  the  fecond  Adam's  (late  ! 
What  honours  (hail  thy  Son  adorn, 
Who  condescended  to  be  born  ? 

4  See  him  below  his  angels  made  ; 
See  him  in  duft  amongft  the  dead, 
To  fave  a  ruin'd  world  from  fin  : 
But  he  fhall  reign  with  powV  divine. 

5  The  world  to  come  redeem'd  from  all 
The  mis'ries  that  attend  the  fall, 
New-made,  and  glorious,  fhall  iubmit 
At  our  exalted  Saviour's  feet. 

HYMN     LXXXII. 

Acts  iv.  24,  xiii.  33.  Heb.  i.  5.  Pf.  ii.  1,  &c, 

XT\  /F  A.KER  and  fov'reign  Lord 

X VJL   °f  beaven,  and  earth  and  feas, 
Thy  providence  confirms  thy  word, 

and  aniwers  thy  decrees. 
2  The  things  fo  long  foretold 

by  David  are  fulnl'd, 
When  Jews  and  Gentiles  joln'd  to  flay 
Jefus  thine  holy  child. 

3  Why 


HYMN    Ixxxii.  Ht 

,~  Why  aid  the  Gentiles  rage, 

and  Tews  with  one  accord 
Bend  all  their  counfels  to  deftroy. 

th'  anointed  of  the  Lord  I 
4  Rulers  and  kings  agree 

to  form  a  vain  dciign, 
Againft  the  Lord  their  pow  rs  unite, 

againft  his  Chrift  they  join. 

r  The  Lord  derides  their  rage, 
and  will  fupport  his  throne  5 
He  that  hath  rais'd  him  from  the  dead, 

hath  own'd  him  for  his  Son, 
6  Now  he's  afcended  high, 
•      and  afks  to  rule  the  earth  ; 
The  merits  of  his  blood  he  pleads, 
and  pleads  his -heavily  birth. 

7  H»  aiks,  and  God  beftows 
a  large  inheritance  *, 

far  as  the  worlds  remoter!  ends 
his  kingdom  mail  advance. 

8  The  nations  that  rebel 
muft  feel  his  iron  rod; 

He'll  vindicate  thofe  honours  well 
which  he  receiv'd  from  God. 

a  Be  wife,  ye  rulers,  now, 

and  worfhip  at  his  throne; 
With  trembling  joy,  ve  people  bow 

to  God's  exalted  Son. 
io  If  once  his  wrath  arife, 
ye  perimon  the  place  :- 
Thenbleffed  is  the  ioul  that  flies 
for  refuge  to  his  grace. 

E  o  HYMN 


06        HYMN    Ixxxiii,  Ixxxl*, 
HYMN    LXXXIII. 

Heb.  i.  ro.  ¥f.  cii.  23,   &c. 

I  TT  is  the  Lord  our  Saviour's  hand 
*j[    Weakens  our  ftrength  amidil  theraee 
Diieafe  and  death  at  his  command 
.Arreft  us,  and  cut  fh<_rt  our  days  ; 
1  Spare  us,  O  Lord,  aloud  we  prayr 
Nor  let  our  fun  go  down  at  noon  : 
Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day  \ 
And  mutt  thy  children  die  ib-foon  ! 

3  Yet  in  the  mi-dit  of  death  and  grief, 
This  thought  our  forrowfhall  aftuage  \ 
<4  Oar  Father  and  our  Saviour  live  : 
*4  Chrift  is  the  fame  thro'  ev<  ryagte;"" 
4.Twashethfis  earth's  foundation  :aid  ; 
Heav'n  is  the  building  of  his     ind  ; 
This  earth  grows  ol(',thefe  heav  ns  fhall  fade  °s 
And  all  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

5  Theftarry  curtains  of  the  fky 
Like  garments  {hall  be  laid  aiide  ; 

But  ftiU  thy  throne  ftands  firm  and  high  5 
Thy  church  for  ever  moft  abide. 

6  Before  thy  face  thy  church  mall  lire, 
And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign  j. 
This  dying  world  fhall  they  furvive, 
And  the  dead  faints  be  rais'd  again.. 

HYMN    LXXXIV. 

Heb.  i.  6.  P£   xcvii.  63  9. 

THE  Lord  is  come  ;  the  heav  ns  proclaim 
His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name, 
vAi    unknown  flar  directs  the  road: 
Ofeaiiern  iages  to  tkcij?  God. 


HYMN    Ixxxiv,  ixxxv.         &j. 

2  All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  ikies, 
Go,  worfhip  where  the  Saviour  lies  : 
Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow, 
Thofe  gods  on  high  and  gods  below. 

3  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 
And  their  own  worfhippers  confound  % 
But  Judah  £houtv  but  Sion  ling, 

And  earth  confefs  her  iovYeign  Iting, 

HYMN     LXXXV, 

Rom.  xv..  3.  Job'  xv.  25.  ii.  17.  Cor.  vi'.  2* 
Pf.  Ixix.  1  ,  14. 

"I  Q  AVE  me,  O  God,  the  {welling  flood* 
jj   C4  break  in  upon  my  foul  : 

*{  1  fink  -,  and  forrows  o'er  my   head 
"  like  mighty  waters  roll. 

2  u  I  cry  till  all  my  voice  be  gone, 
"  in  tears  I  waite  the  day  ; 

*'  My  God, .behold  my  longing  eyes-5 
"  and  fhorten  chy  delay. 

3  "  They  hate  my  foul  without  a  eaufe^ 
<s  and  ftill  their  numbers  grows. 

**  More  than  the  hairs- around  my  head, 
"  and  mighty  are  my  foes. 

4  "  Twas  then  I  paid  that  dreadful  debt 
"  that  man  could  never  v\y  ; 

<c  And  gave  thofe  honours  to  thy  law, 
'.'  which  finners  took  away." 

5  Thus  in  the  great  Meffialvs  name, 
the  royal  prophet  mourns  ; 

Thus  he  awakes  our  hearts  to  grief, 
and  gives  us  joy  by  turns. 

6  «  Now 


6S         HYMN    Ixxxv,    Ixxxvi. 

6  u  Now  {hall  the  faints  rejoice  and  find 
"  ialvation  in  thy  name  ; 

*'  For  I  have  borne  their  heavy  load 
"  of  forrow,  pain  and  fharne. 

7  "  Grief  like  a  garment  cloath'd  me  round, 
u  and  fackcloth  was  my  drefs, 

*>  While  I  procur'd  for  naked  fouls, 
€t  a  robe  of  righreoufnefs. 

8  w  Among-ft  my  brethren  and  the  Jews 
ii  I  like  a  ft:  anger  ftood, 

*'  And  bore  the  vile  reproach,  to  bring 
.    €i  the  Gentiles  near  to  God. 

9  "I  came  in  finful  mortals  ftead 
"  to  do  my  Father's  will  : 

tf  Yet  wlien  I  cieans'd  my  Father's' houfe, 

"  they  fcandaliz'd  my  zeal, 
io  "  My  fafting  and  my  I  oly  groans 

"  were  made  the  drunkard's  fong  -9 
•'  But  God  from  his  celeftial  throne 

11  heard  my  complaining  tongue. 

1 1  "  He  favM  me  from  the  dreadful  deep) 

"  nor  let  my  foul  be  drcwn'd  ; 
"  He  raisM  and  hVd  my  linking  feet 

on  well  eftabliih'd  ground. 
12  "  'Twas  in  a  moft  accepted  hour 

"  my  pray'r  arole  on  high, 
u  And  for  my  fake  my  God  fhall  heap 

6t  the  dying  finner's  cry." 


'N 


H  Y  M  N     LXXXVF. 

Mark  xv.  23,  44.  Pf.  lxix.  14.  &c. 

OW  let  our  lips  with  holy  fear, 
and  mournful  pleafure  fing 


The 


H    Y    M   N     ixxxvi.  6$ 

The  fufrVings  of  our  great  high-prieft* 

the  for  rows  of  our  king. 
2  He  links  in  floods  of  deep  difirefs  | 

how  high  the  waters. rife  ! 
While  to  hisheav'nly  Father's  ear 

he  fends  perpetual  cries* 


3-"  Hear  me,.  O  Lord,  and fave  thy  Sob,. 

<c  nor  hide  thy  mining  face  ; 
*■*  Why  fhould  thy  favourite  look  like  OM, 

•*  forfaken  of  thy  grace  I 
4 <c  With  rage  they  perfecute  the  mat*. 

"  that  groans  beneath  thy  wound,. 
**  While  for  a  facrifice  I  pour 

<s  my  life  upon  the  ground. 

5  "  They  tread  my  honour  to  the  duf% 
"  and  laugh  when  I  complain  5 

u  Their  iharp.infulting  Sanders  add 
M  frefh  anguifh  to  my  pain. 

6  u  All  my  reproach  is  known  to  thee,. 
"  the  fcandal  and  t^f  fhame  ; 

"  Reproach  has  broke  my  bleeding  hearfy , 
<{  and  lies  defil'd  my  name. 

j  "  I.look'd  for  pity,  but  in  vain  ; 

"  my  kindred  are  my  grief  ; 
€i  I  aik  my  friends  for  comfort  rcuad, 

s<  but  meet  with  no  relief. 

8  "  With  vinegar  they  mock  my  thirfr^ 
"  they  give  me  gall  for  food; 

t%  Andfpoeting  with  my  dying  groans^ 
.    "-  they  triumph  in  my  blood. 

9  <{  Shine  into  my  diftreiTed  foul, 
"  let  thy.  companions  fern  a 


7©       HYMN     Ixxxvi,    Ixxxvii. 

**  And  tho'  my  flefh  fink  down  to  death, 

H  redeem  it  from  the  grave. 
10  "  I  fha.ll  arife  to  praife  thy  name, 

u  fhall  reign  in  worlds  unknown  ; 
u   And  thy  faivation,  O  my  God, 

"  fhall  feat  me  on  thy  throne." 

HYMN     LXXXVII. 

Rom.  xi.  xi.  16.  Heb.  xii.    2.  xxii.  13.   P£ 

Ixix.    26,    &c. 

i"|7*  Ather,  I  fing  thy  wond'rous  grace, 
r     1  blefs  my  Saviour's  name  ; 

He  bought  faivation  for  the  poor, 
and  oore  the  finntr's  fliame. 

2  His  deep  diftrefs  has  rais'd  us  high, 
his  dutv  and  his  zeal 

FulnTd  the  law  which  mortals  broke 
and  finifh'd  all  thy  will. 

3  H's  dying  groan?,  his  living  fongs, 
fliall  better  pieafe  my  God, 

Than  h.»rps  01  tin m jet's  'olemn  found, 
than  sous  or  bullocks  blood. 

4  Thi$  ihiili  his  humble  followers  fee, 
and  let  then  hearts  at  reft  ; 

They  by  his  death  di  aw  near  to  thee, 
and  live  for  ever  bleit. 

5  Let  heav'n  and  all  that  dwell  on  high, 
to  God  their  voices  raife, 

While  lands  and  leas  afhft  the  Iky, 
and  join  t*  advance  his  praife. 

6  Sionis  thine,  molt  holy  God, 
thy  Son  ihali  blels  her  gates  ; 

And  glory  purchas'd  by  his  blood 
for  thy  own  Ifr'el  waits. 

HYMN 


il  Y  M  N     ixxxviii.  71 

H  Y  M  N    LXXXVIII. 

Heb.  x,  4,  &c.   Vi.  xl.  6,  9. 

HPHus  faith  the  Lord,  '.*  your  work  is  vain 

"  give  yourjbfurm  offerings  o'er, 
u  In  dvirig  goats  and  bullocks  flam 
"  my  foul  delights  no  mere." 

2  Then  fpake  the  Saviour,    "  lo  I'm  here$ 
**  my  God,  to  do  thy  will  ; 

**  What-e'er  thy  facred  books  declare 
<c  thy  fervant  mail  fulfil. 

3  e(  Thy  law  is  ever  in  my  fight, 
€*   I  keep  it  in  my  heart  : 

ef  Mine  eyes  are  open'd  with  delight 
C4  to  what  thy  lips  impart." 

4  And  fee,  the  bleft  Redeemer  comes, 
th'  eternal  Son  appears, 

And  at  th'  appointed  time  afiumes 
the  body  God  prepares. 

5  Much  he  reveal'd  h's  Father's  gracet 
and  much  his  truth  he  fhew'd  ; 

And  preaclrd  the  way  of  righteoufnefs 
where  great  afTemblies  flood. 

6  His  Father's  honour  toucht  his  heart, 
he  pity'd  finnei  s  cries. 

And  to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part, 
was  made  a  facrifice. 

7  No  blood  of  beafls  on  altars  fhed 
could  wafh  the  confeience  clean  ; 

But  the  rich  facrifice  he  paid 
atones  for  all  cur  fin. 

8  Then  was  the  great  falvation  fpread^ 
and  Satan's  kingdom  fhook  : 

Thus  by  the  woman's  promis'd  feed 
the  fernenfs  head  was  broke. 

HYMN 


72  HYMN    lxxx'x,    xci 

HYMN    LXXXIX. 

A<Tts  ii   25,  Sec.  xiii.  35.  Pf.  xvi.  8,  &c 

C  Set  the  Lord  before  my  face, 


I 


he  bears  my  courage  up  ; 
Ci  My  heart  and  tongue  their  joys  exprefs, 
"  my  fle£h  (hall  reft  in  h.  pe. 

2  "  My  fpirit,  Lord,  thou  wilt  not  leave, 
<c  where  fouls,  departed  are, 

xc  £jor  qUj£  mv  body  to  the  grave 
€(  to  fee  .corruption 'there. 

3  "  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  life 
"  and  raife  it  to  thy  throne  : 

€C  Thy  courts  immortal  pleasure  give, 
**  thy  prefence  joys  unknown." 

4  Thus  in  the  name  of  Chrift,  the  Lord, 
the  holy  David  fung, 

And  Providence  fulfils  the  word 
of  his  prophetic  tongue. 

5  Jefus.  who  ev'ry  faint  adores, 
was  crucify'd  and  flain  ; 

Behold,  the  tomb  its  prey  reftores, 
behold,  he  lives  a^ain. 

6  When  <hall  my  feet  arife  and  ftand 
on  heavVs  eternal  hills  ? 

There  fits  the  Son  at  God's  right-hand, 
and  there  the  Father  fmiles. 

HYMN    XC. 

Luke  xxiv.  51,  52.  Acts  i.  9.  Pf.  xlvii. 

1  f~^\  For  a  fhom  of  facred  joy 
\^f     to  God  the  fov'reign  king! 
Let  ev'ry  land  their  tongues  employ, 
and  hymns  of  triumph  ling, 

2  Jefus 


HYMN     xc,  xeiv  7J 

>  Je.Fus,  our  God  afcends  on  high; 

his  heav'nly  guards  around, 
Attend  him  rifing  through  the  iky, 

with  trumpets  joyful  found, 

5  While  angels  fhout  and  prai-fe  their  King, 

let  mortals  learn  their  ftraj*' 
Let  all  tfre  earth  his  honoiMing ; 

o'er  all  the  earth  he  reimfe; 

4  Rehearfe  his  praife  withigre  profound, 
let  knowledge  lead  the  forl| ; 

Nor  mock  him  with  a  lolemn  found 
upon  a  thoughtlefs  tongue, 

5  In  Ifr'el  flood  his  ancient  throne, 
he  lov'd  xhat  chofen  race  j 

But  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 
and  Hfathcns  tafte  his  grace. 

6  The  Britilh  kingdoms  are  the  Lord's, 
there  Abr'am's  God  is  known  -, 

While pow'rs and  princes,  fhields  and  fwordf, 
fubmit  before  his  throne. 

HYMN    XCI. 
Eph.  iv.  8.  Heb.  xii.   18,  &c.  Act.  ii.  33. 
Pial.  Ixviii,   17,   18. 

LORD,  when  thou  did'ft' afcend  on  high» 
Ten  thoufand  angels  fill'd.  the  £ky  -y 
Thole  heav'nly  guards  around  thee  wait, 
Like  chariots  that  attend  thy  ftate. 
2  Not  Sinai's  mountain  could  appear 
More  glorious  when  the  Lord  was  there  i 
While  he  pronounc'd  his  dreadful  law, 
And  flruck  the  chofen  tribes  with  awe. 

G  3  How 


74  HYMN    xci,  xcii. 

3  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell, 
When  the  rebellious  pow'rs  of  hell, 
That  thoufand  fouls*  had  captive  made 
Were  all  in  chains  like  captives  led. 

4  Rais'd  by  his  Father  to  the  throne, 
He  fent  his  promis'd  Spirit  down, 
With  gifts  and  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  migfht  dwell -on  earth  again* 

HYMN    XCII. 

Luke  iv.  22.     Heb.  i.   8,   9.     and   iv.    12 
1,  Pet.  ii.  9.  John  iii.  34.  Pfal.  xiv. 

1 T^  Vr  Y  Saviour  and  my  King, 
X V JL   tny  beauties  are  divine  ; 
Thy  lips  \yth  bleffings  overflow, 
and  ev'ry  grace  is  thine. 

2  Now  make  thy  glory  known, 
gird  on  thy  dtcadful  fwoid, 

And  ride  in  majefty  to  fpread 
the  conquefts  of  thy  word. 

3  Strike  thro'  thy  ftubborn  foes 
or  melt  their  hearts  t'  obey, 

While  iuftice,  meeknefs,  grace,  and  truth, 
attend  thy  glorious  way. 

4  Thy  laws..  G*God,  are  right; 
thy  throne  fhall  ever  ftand  ; 

And  thy  victorious'  goipel  proves 
a  fcept^re  in  thy  hand.    * 

5  Thy  Father  and  thy  God, 
hath  without  meaiure  (lied 

His  Spirit  like  a  joyful  oil 
t'  anoint  thy  fac^ed  head. 

6  Beho'id/at  thy  right-hand 

the  Gentile  church  is  feen,  Lik< 


HYM    N      xcii,   xdii.  7$ 

Like  a  fair  bride  in  rich  attire  ; 
and  princes  guard  the  queen, 
w 

7  Fair  bridge,  receive  his  love, 
forget  thy  father's  houfe  ; 

Forfake  thy  gods,  thy  idol-gods, 
an'd  pay  thy  Lord  thy  vows. 

8  O  let  thy  God  and  King 
thy  fweeteft  thoughts  employ  °, 

Thy  children  fhall  his  honour  fing 
in  palaces  of  joy. 

HYMN    XCIH. 

Mat.  xxii.  9,  42.    1  Pet.  ii.  4,  &c.  John  xii. 

13.  Pf.  cxviii.  22,  &c» 

iQEE  what  a  living  ftone 

|^5   tne  builders  tud  xcfufe-j. 
Yet  God  hath  built  his  church  thereon 
iiH'pite  of  envious  Jews. 

2  The  fcribe  and  angry  prieft 
reject  thine  only  Son  ; 

fY^t  on  this  rock  uhall  Sion  reftj 
as  the  chief  corner-flone. 

3  The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 
and  wond'rous  in  our  eyes  : 

This  day  declares  it  all  divine, 
this  day  did  Jefus  rife. 

4  This  is  the  glorious  day 
that  ourB.edeemer  made  ; 

Let  us  rejoice  and  fing  and  pray* 
lee  all  the  church  be  glad. 

5  Hoianna  to  the  King 
of  David's  royal  blood  5 

-       -         G  2  Blefs 


j6  HYMN     xciii,  xchr. 

Blefs  him,  ye  faints  ;.  he  comes  to  bring 

falvation  from  your  God. 
6  We  blefs  thine  holy  word, 

which  all  this  grace  difplays  ; 
And  offer  on  thine  altar,  Lord, 

•cur  facrifice  of  praife. 

H  Y  M  N     XCIV. 

Ifa.  xlv.  21.  Rom.  ill.  21,  7.  Pf.  lxxi.  15,  3rc. 

l"jV/f  Y  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend, 

when  I  begin  thy  praife, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end> 
the  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 

2  Thou  art  my  everlaftiag  truit, 
thy  goodnefs  I  adore  ; 

And  fince  I  knew  thy  graces  firft 
I  Ppaas.  ihy  glories  more. 

3  My  feet  fhall  travel  all  the  length 
of  the  celeftial  road, 

And  march  with  courage  in  thy  flrength 
to  fee  my  Father,  God. 

4  When  1  am  fill'd  with  forediftrefs 
for  fome  furprizing  fin, 

I'll  plead  thy  perfect  rightebufnefr, 
and  mention  none  but  thine. 

5  How  will  my  lips  rejoice- to  tell 
the  vicYries  of  my  Kins;  ! 

My  foul  redeem'd  from  (in  and  hell 
fhall  thy  falvation  ling. 

6  My  tongue  fhali  a  1  t'  e.'n^  p  oclaixn 
my  Saviour   and  r  • 

His  death  has  broug  ,  .  ft    -.?€> 

and  drown'd  tl  <*>iood. 

Awake, 


HYMN    xciV,  xcv;  73 

7  Awake,  awake,  my  tuneful  pow'rs  j  , 

with  this  delightful  fong 
I'll  entertain  the  darkeft  hours, 

nor  think  the  feafon  long. 

HYMN    XCV. 
i  Cor.  x.  9.  Heb.  iii.  7,  &c.  Pfal.  xcv« 

1  £~\  OME,  let  our  -voices  join  to  raife 
%^4  A  facred  fong  of  folemn  praife; 

God  is  a  fov'reign  King ;  rehearfe 
His  honours  in  exalted  verfe. 

2  Come,  let  our  fouls  addrefs  theLord, 
Who  fram'd  our  natures  with  his  word  % » 
He  is  ourfhepherd  ;  we  the  fheep 

His  mercy  chofe,  his  paftures  keep. 

3  Come,  let  welipaj' his  v^*- 
The  counfels  of  his  love  obey, 
Nor  let  our  hard'ned  hearts  renew, 
The  fins  and  plagues  that  Ifr'el  knew; 

4  Ifr'el  that  faw  his  works  of  grace, 
Yet  tempt  their  Maker  to  his  face  *, 
A  faithlefs  unbelieving  brood, 
That  tir'd  the  patience  of  their  God. 

5^  Thus  fakh  the   Lord,  ?  How  falfe   they 
««  Forget  my  pow'r-,  abufe  my  love  ;  (prove 
"  Since  they  defpife  my  reft,  I  fwear, 
"  Their  feet  {hail  never  enter  there." 

6  Look  back,  my  foul,  with  holy  dread, 
And  view  thofe  ancient  rebels  dead  ', 
Attend  the  ofFer'd  grace  to  day, 
Norloie  the  bleffings  by  delay. 

7  Seize  the  kind  promife while  it  waits, 
And  march  to  Sion's  heav'nly  gates ; 

G3  Believe 


«1  H   Y   M   N    xcv,  jforp 

Believe,  and  take  the  promis'd  reft  y 
Obey,  and  be  for  ever  bleft. 

HYMN     XCVI.     ; 

Luke  i.  3*>  33-  JoW..  49,51.  #*&•  * 

JESUS  fhall  reisn  where'er  the  fun 
Does  his  fucceffive  journeys-run  5 
-lis  kingdom  ftrctch  from.fhore  to  fhore, 
Till  moons  ihall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 
t  Vhold  the  iflands  with  their  kings, 
And  Europe  her  beft  tribute  brings  * 
From  north  to  ibuth  the  princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  ieet. 

*  There  Perfia  glorious  to  behold, 

Submit,  and  bow,  and  own  their  Lord. 
4  For  him  ihall  endlefs  pray'r  be  made, 
And  pvaiies  throng  to  crown  his  head* 
His  name  like  fweet  perfume  {hall  rife 
With  ev'ry  morning-faciiike. 

c  People  and  realms  of  c  vVy  tongue 
Dwelt  on  his  love  with  fweeteft  long* 
And  infant-voices  Ihall  proclaim 
TVirtaly  bkiiings  on  his  name. 
6  Bldnngsahound  where'er  he  reigns, 
The  pi  is'ner  leaps  to  lofe  his  chains  \ 
The  weary  find  eternal  reft, 
And  all  the  ions  of  want  are  bleft. 

'  7  Where  he  difplays  his  healing  power, 
Death  and  the  curie  are  known  no  more  \ 
In  him  the  nibesof  &dam  boaft 
More  bleflings  than  their  fatter  loft: 


HYMN  .  Xcvi,  xcvi'i.  .    75 

8  Let  ev'ry  creature  rife  and  bring. 
Peculiar  honours  to  our  King  : 
Angels  defcend  with  fongs  again,, 
And  earth  repeat  the  long  amen. 

HYMN    XCVIL 

Mat.  xviii,  20.  1  Tim.   iii.    £5,   Pf.  cxxxiL 

5,  &c„ 
iTLTO  fleep  nor  flumber  to  his  eyes 

J/^    good  David  would  afford, 
'Till  he  had  found  below  the  ikies- 
a  dwelling  for  the  Lord, 

2  The  Lord  in  Sion  plac'd  hisname^. 
his  ark  was  fettled  there  : 

To  Sion  the  whole  nation  came. 
To  worfhip  thrice  a- year. 

3  But  we  have  no  fuch  lengths  to  ga 
nor  wander  far  abroad^ 

Where'er  thy  faints  aiTcmhle  now 
there  is  a  houfe  for  God. 

4  Arife,  O  King  of  grace  arife* 
and  enter  to  thy  refr? 

Lo  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eye^ 
thus  to  be  own'd- and -bleft. 

5  Enter  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 
thy  Spirit  and  thy  word  ; 

All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain 
could  no  fuch  grace  afford. 

6  Here,  mighty  God,  accept  our  vcvx33. 
here  let  thy  praife  be  fpread  ; 

Blefs  the  provisions  of  thy  houfes  ' 
and  fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 

j  Here  let  the  Son  of  David  reign, 
let  God's  anointed  Hiiae  i 

Juftke 


3o  HYMN     xcviii,  xcix. 

Juftice  and  truth  his  court  maintain 

with  love  and  pow'r  divine. 
8  Here  let  him  hold  a  lafting  throne, 

and  as  his  kingdom  grows, 
Freih  honours  fhall  adorn  his  crown, 

and  fhame  confound  his  foes. 

HYMN   XCVIII. 

Eph.  v.  19,  20.  2d  Thef.  i.  7.  Pfal.  xcvii.  r. 

1  f  TE  reigns  j  the  Lord  the  Saviour  reigns! 
JLJL  PyaSe  him  in  evangelic  ftrains : 

Let  the  whole  earth  in  fongs  rejoice 
And  diftant  iilands  join  their  voice. 

2  Deep  are  his  counsels  and  unknown ; 
But  grace  and  truth  fupport  his  throne  ; 
Though  gloomy  clouds  his  way  {unround, 
Juftice  is  ?heir  eternal  ground. 

3  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo  he  comes, 
Shakes  the  wide  earth,  and  cleaves  thetombs* 
Before  him  burns  devouring, fire, 

The  mountains  melt,  the  leas  retire, 

4  His  enemies  with  lore  difmay, 

Fly  from  the  fight,  and  fhun  the  day ; 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  famts,  on  high* 
And  ling,  for  your  redemption's  nigh. J 

H.Y.  M  N    XC1X. 

PiUi.  ix.jo.. 

zCJt  ING  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 

'^)   His  various,  and  his  laving  names  j 
O  may  they  not  be  heard  alone, 
But  by  our  fure  experience  known! 
2    The  great  Jehovah  be  ador'd, 
Th*  eternal,  all-iufTicient  Lord, 
He  thro'  the  world  mofthigh  eonfefs'd, . 
By  whom  'twas  form'd,  and  is  pofTeis'd. 

3  Awake 


HYMN    xcix,  c,  8 1 

3  Awake  our  nobleft  pow'rs,  to  blefs 
The  God  of  Abr'am,  God  of  peace  5 
Now  by  a  dearer  title  known, 
Father  and  God  of  Chrifl  his  Son. 

4  Thro'  ev'ry  age  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  his  fervants  prayer  ; 
Nor  can  one  humble  foul  complain^ 
That  he  has  fought  his  God  in  vain. 

5  What  unbelieving  heart  fhall  dare 
In  whifpers  to  fuggeft  a  fear, 
While  ftill  lie  owns  his  ancient  name  ? 
The  fame  his  pow'r,  his  love  the  fame  ! 

6  To  thee  our  fouls  in  faith  arife, 
To  thee  we  lift  expecting  eyes  j 
And  boldly  through  the  defart  tread  : 

For  God  will  guard,  where  God  fhall  lead,. 

HYMN    C. 

Pf.  XXXV.  2. 

3   O  Alvation  !  O  melodious  found 

^35   to  wretched  dying  men  ! 
Salvation,  that  from  God  proceeds, 

and  leads  to  God  again  ! 

2  Refcu'd  from  hell's  eternal  gloom,, 
from  fiends  and  fires  and  chains  : 

Rais'd  to  a  paradife  of  blifs, 
where  love  vrkh  glory  reigns  ! 

3  But  O !  may  a  degen'rate  foul3 
finful  and  weak  as  mine, 

Prefume  to  raife  a  trembling  eye 
to  blefiings  fo  divine  ? 

4  The  lnftre  of  fo  bright  a  fcens 
my  feeble  heart  o'erbears  ; 

And  unbelief  aim  oil:  perverts. 

the  promiCe  into  tears,  5  My 


%-i  HYMN    c,    ci. 

J  My  Saviour- God,  no  voice  but  thine 

thefe  dying  hopes  can  raife; 
Speak  thy  ialvation  to  my  foul, 

and  turn  its  tears  to  praife. 
6  My  Saviour-God,  this  broken  voice 

tranfported,  fhall  proclaim, 
And  call  on  all  th'  angelic  harps 

to.  found  fo  forget  a  nam,e. 

HYMN     CL 
Pfalm  xlv.  3,  4. 

1.  T    OUD  to  the  Prince  of  heav'a 

J   j   Your  chearful  voices  raife  j 
To  him  your  vows  be  giv'n, 
And  fill  his  courts  wiih  praife, 

With  confeious  worth 

All  clad  in  arms, 

All  bright  m  charms, 

He  i allies  forth. 

X  Gird  on  thy  conquMng  fword^ , 
Afcend  thy  Ihining  car, 
And  march,  almighty  Lord, 
To  wage  thy  holy  war9 

Before  his  wheeLs 

In  gkd.furprize, 

Ye  valleys  rife, 

And  link  ye  hills. 

3  Fair  truth,  and  fruiting  love, 
And  injur'd  righteoufnefs 
In  thy  retidtie  move, 
And  feek  from'  thee  redrefs  : 

Thou  in  their  caufe 

Shall  pi  ofp'rous  ride, 

An  1  far  and  wide 

Difpenfe  thy  laws.  efore 


HYMN    ci,    clL  f| 

.'4  Before  thine  awful  face 
■kliiiicns  of  foes  mail  fall, 
The  captives  of  thy  grace, 
That  grace,  which  conquers  all. 

The  world  mall  know, 

Great  King  of  kings, 

Wliat  won'drous   things 

Thine  arm  can  do. 

5  Here  to  my  willing  foul 
-Bend  thy  triumphant  way* 
Here  ev'ry  foe  control*!, 
And  all  thy  pow'r  difpiay. 

Mv  heart,  thy  throne, 
;    Bleft  Jems  fee, 

Bows  low  to  thee, 

To  thee  alone. 

HYMN    CII. 

PFalm  cvii.    31. 

ir\7*  E  fons  of  men,  with  joy  record 

j[     the  various  wonders  or*  the  Lord  % 
And  lft  his  pow'r  and  goodnefe  found 
Thro*  all  your  tribes  the  world  around. 

2  Let  the  high  heav'ns  your  fongs  invitea 
Thofe  fpacious  fields  of  brilliant  light; 
Where  fun.  and  moon,    and  planets  roll, 
And  ftars,  that  glow  from  pole  to  pole, 

3  Sing  earth*  in  verdant  robes  array'd, 

Its  herbs  and  flow'rs,  its  fruit  and  fhade  3  " 
Peopled  with  life  of  various  forms, 
Fiihes,  and  fowls,  and  beads,  and  worms, 
4"  View  the  broad  fea's  majeitic  plains, 
And  think  how  wide  its  maker  reigns ; 
That  band  remoter!  nations  joins, 
And  on%ach  wave  his  goodnels  {hints, 

5  But, 


64  HYMN     cii,  cm.1 

5  But,  O  that  brighter  world  above, 
Where  lives  and  reigns  incarnate  love  \ 
•God's  only  Son,'  in  He Ih  array'd, 

For  man  a  bleeding  vic~tim  made. 

6  Thither,  my  foul  with  rapture  foar  : 
There  in  the  land  of  praife  adore  : 
This  theme  demands  an  angels  tongue, 
Demands  a  never-ending  fong. 

HYMN    CIII. 

Pfalm  CXIX.  9. 

•1  TNDULGENF  God,  with  pitying  eyes 

the  Ions  of -men  furvey, 
And  fee  how  youthful  flnners  fport 
in  a  deftrucYive  way. 

2  Ten  thoufand  dangers  lurk  around 
to  bear  them  to  the  tomb  ; 

Each  in  an  hour  may  plunge  them  down, 
where  hope  can  never  come. 

3  Reduce,  O  Lord,  their  wand'ring  minds, 
amus'd  with  airy   dreams, 

That  heav'!y  wifdom  may  difpel 
their  vifionary  fchemes. 

4  With  holy  caution  may  they  walk, 
and  be  thy  word  their  guide  ; 

Till  e?ch  the  defart  fafely  pafs'3, 
en  Sion's   hil)   abide. 


N       I       S. 


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